The French anthropologist, who was convicted by Iranian authorities of security breaches, has been held since 2019.

In the end, the con man in the Oval Office could not con the virus.

If he emerges alive from Walter Reed military hospital, he will have triumphed over the virus that he has long belittled.

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Ireland has seen a steady increase in infections since the end of July and has tightened restrictions as a result.

The British Prime Minister says applying his trademark “buoyancy” during a national crisis would have been inappropriate.

US President Donald Trump’s condition is improving during treatment for COVID-19 and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, his doctors said on Sunday.

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A criminal complaint alleges the former movie mogul raped two women on separate occasions at hotels in Beverley Hills.

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump’s behaviour had been a “brazen invitation for something like this to happen”.