Emmanuel Macron will meet Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Lithuania on Tuesday, the Élysée Palace said in a statement, after she asked the French president to help mediate the crisis that has...
Fighting escalates in Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking fears of regional conflict
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 55 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes.
1 million deaths: Where does the world stand in battling the coronavirus pandemic? | Covid Update
The global death toll from the coronavirus passed the 1 million mark on Tuesday, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University. COVID-19 first emerged at the turn of the year, when Chinese health authorities said...
Trump and Biden: What to watch for in first presidential debate – BBC News
The first of three of socially distanced debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden takes place on Tuesday night in Ohio.
Trump describes allegations he avoided taxes as “fake news” – BBC News
Donald Trump paid just $750 (£580) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House, the New York Times says. The newspaper – which says it...
Violence at right-wing Proud Boys rally in Portland
Scuffles broke out at a Portland rally by the American hard-line far-right group the Proud Boys. Members of the men-only organization, which promotes political violence, were filmed pushing one person to the ground and...
Americans react to Trump’s tax returns ahead of first US election debate
At his latest press conference, Donald Trump refused to take questions about reports that he paid just $750 in income tax in the year he became President.