The United States voted against a UN resolution for a "comprehensive and coordinated response" to the COVID-19 pandemic, a text that included recognition of the WHO's leadership role, on Friday.

UN adopts coronavirus response resolution; US votes against it

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018, state media said, in a case that has sparked international outcry.

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari executed over 2018 security guard killing

Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island on Saturday. Clashes occurred on Saturday near a new temporary camp built by Greek authorities where hundreds of young men gathered to protest, some throwing stones at riot police who responded with tear gas.

Teargas fired during migrant protests on Greek island of Lesbos

Several thousand people gathered in Russia`s far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for what has become a regular weekly protest against the Kremlin since the region`s popular governor was detained in July, a Reuters witness said.

On election eve, several thousand join anti-Kremlin rally in Russian Far East

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked the European Union to not threaten his country, saying a bill which would breach a divorce treaty with the bloc was needed to protect the country's integrity.

Boris Johnson tells EU to not threaten Britain over trade row

US President Donald Trump is set to embark on a heavier fundraising schedule in coming weeks as his re-election campaign faces a possible cash crunch that has forced it to pull back television advertising in some crucial states.

Trump seeks to ramp up big, small dollar fundraising citing money crunch

Taiwan will sign up to the "COVAX" global vaccine allocation plan to ensure it will be able to access a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available, the island`s health minister said on Saturday.

Taiwan plans to sign up for 'COVAX' vaccine allocation scheme

China has announced a ban on the import of pork and pig products from Germany after the European country confirmed its first case of African swine fever in a wild boar in Brandenburg last week.

China bans German pork imports after African swine fever case

The Trump administration has formally proposed a sweeping expansion of its collection of DNA and other biometric data of immigrants. It would go beyond detained migrants in order to include US citizen sponsors and others.

Trump administration seeks sweeping DNA collection of immigrants

One of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's main election campaign advisory firms has been informed that it had been targetted by suspected Russian state-backed hackers by Microsoft Corp.

US election 2020: Russian state hackers suspected in targetting Biden campaign firm: Microsoft

The novichok nerve agent used to poison Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was `harder` than previous forms, Der Spiegel magazine reported the head of Germany`s foreign intelligence service as saying.

Novichok used on Navalny 'harder' than previous forms: Spiegel

Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalise relations with Israel, US President Donald Trump said on Friday. This is being seen as a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East.

Bahrain joins UAE in normalising ties with Israel, Trump announces

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