The death toll in the US from the novel coronavirus has surpassed the 70,000 mark, according to data Tuesday compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The university in the state of Maryland running tally counted 70,115 deaths and 1,192,119 cases. The US continues to lead worldwide cases...

President Donald Trump urged China Tuesday to be transparent with what it knows about the origin of the coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan, China, and has wreaked havoc on the world. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC's "This Week" Sunday there was "a significant amount of evidence"...

Human rights groups have expressed outrage after adding jailed human rights activist and Palestine campaigner Ramy Shaath to its terrorism list. Shaath, who co-founded and co-ordinates Egypt's wing of the peaceful Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli human...

Two Americans were detained in Venezuela on Monday on suspicion of plotting to topple President Nicolas Maduro's government, which has accused US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido of bankrolling the scheme. The arrests came a day after the government said it foiled an "invasion" from the...