BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs. With the milestone likely to be reached this weekend, Brazil's Senate is publicly...

Voting in Friday's election kicked off at 7 a.m. (0230GMT) and is expected to continue until midnight (1930GMT), with the possibility of two hours' extension. According to the Interior Ministry, around 59 million Iranians are eligible to vote this year, including 1.3 million first-time...

 Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election dominated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's hard-line protege after the disqualification of his strongest competition, fueling apathy that left some polling places largely deserted despite pleas to support the Islamic Republic at...

State-run media said the prices of milk and its derivatives have increased significantly during the past two days, following a decision by the trade ministry suspending the manufacture of semi-dairies products.   The ministry for trade and consumer protection allowed last week the...