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Iran continues to increase uranium stockpile beyond atomic deal limit: UN

Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear deal with world powers and to enrich it to a greater purity than permitted

The US sets record for daily coronavirus cases amid election battle

The US set another record for daily confirmed coronavirus cases as states around the country posted all-time highs, underscoring the vexing issue that confronts the winner of the presidential race

Trump and allies spread falsehoods to cast doubt on election: Report

While much of America was sleeping, President Donald Trump's leads in crucial battleground states began slipping -- and that is when online falsehoods about the election started surging

Donald Trump's immigration rule takes effect again during an appeal

A federal appeals court has allowed a Trump administration rule that would deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits like food stamps to go back into effect while it considers the case

US polls: Trump sues in Pennsylvania, Michigan; asks for Wisconsin recount

Trump campaign said it filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan, laying groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states that could determine whether Trump gets another term

Denmark wants to cull all farmed minks to minimise Covid transmission risk

Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human Covid-19 cases in northern Denmark "are related" to mink

US elections: Protesters gather near White House, no wide unrest seen

More than 1,000 people protesting US President Donald Trump descended on Black Lives Matter Plaza, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington

GOP star Madison Cawthorn wins North Carolina US House race: Report

Rising GOP star Madison Cawthorn has been elected to represent a North Carolina US House district

Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed orders military against regional government

Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has ordered the military to confront a regional government after he says it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of provocation and incitement

South Korea military detects unidentified person at North Korea border

South Korean troops were engaged in an operation near the heavily fortified border with North Korea after detecting "unidentified personnel" there, the South's military said

US poll results: Delaware elects country's first transgender state senator

Democrat Sarah McBride has won a state Senate race in Delaware, and would become the first openly transgender state senator in the country when sworn in

The US approves sale of $600 million in MQ-9 armed drones to Taiwan

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island

US elections: Control of Senate at stake as Trump's allies face Democrats

Control of the Senate was a razor-close proposition as Republicans fought to retain their majority against a surge of Democrats challenging President Donald Trump's allies across a vast political map

Mideast militants fight in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia FM

Russia's top diplomat said that about 2,000 fighters from the Middle East have joined the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the border region claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan

US elections: Democrats push to extend control of House for two more years

Democrats pushed to seal control of the House for two more years as they banked on their health care focus and broad suburban indignation with Trump to make their majority in the chamber even larger

US elections: Trump or Biden? Big turnout, few hiccups as voters choose

Millions of voters braved coronavirus concerns and long lines to choose between President Trump and Democratic challenger Biden in an epic election that will influence how the US confronts everything

Belarus cranks up first nuclear plant; neighbor Lithuania is fearful

Belarus' first nuclear power plant began operating Tuesday, a project that has spooked its neighbor Lithuania, which immediately cut off importing electricity from Belarus at the news

European Union considering further legal action in Brexit standoff

EU is considering stepping up its legal action against UK over legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding Brexit agreement that the EU and the British government reached late last year

Poland delays implementing tightened abortion ruling amid protests

Poland's right-wing government is delaying the publication and implementation of a high court ruling that tightens the abortion law and that has triggered almost two weeks of nationwide protests

Two New Hampshire towns continue tradition of casting votes after midnight

Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the tradition began