US: US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said he had asked the Government’s top infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci to remain in his post and join his COVID-19 team after he takes office.

Huawei’s CFO is accused of circumventing US sanctions on Iran in order to continue selling in the country. The judiciary in particular has accused him of lying to the company’s banks about his ties to Iran and thus participating in the money laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars.

A young Palestinian teen has died after being shot in the stomach by an Israeli soldier during a protest in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Israeli officials deny their forces fired live rounds.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of most American troops from Somalia, the Pentagon says, part of a global pullback before Trump leaves

The International Federation of Journalists IFJ on Friday condemned the arrest and imprisonment of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai after he was denied bail on

Bahrain has become the second nation in the world to approve the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The state-run Bahrain News Agency made the announcement on Friday night, following an earlier announcement by Britain on Wednesday.

With the political opponents of President Nicolas Maduro boycotting Sunday's election for the National Assembly, his socialist party is expected to dominate the vote, giving him control of the last major institution in Venezuela outside his grasp.

MLS is making contingency plans for the MLS Cup final that include the possibility of holding the game at a neutral site, sources tell ESPN.

A North Korean citizen has been publicly executed by authorities for violating “emergency quarantine measures,” according to Radio Free Asia.

Dhaka wants to move 100,000 refugees to Bhashan Char, a silt island that critics say is prone to flooding and in the path of cyclones that frequently wreak havoc in the region.