US President Donald Trump has officially accepted the Republican Party's nomination for a second term in office. ....

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 24.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 829,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....

US President Donald Trump has called for drug tests to be administered before his first presidential debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden next month, it was reported. ....

An Australian-developed coronavirus vaccine has shown promising results in pre-clinical testing, raising hopes for its potential effectiveness and manufacturability. ....

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the campaign against "the predatory aggression of the Chinese Communist Party" was an accomplishment of President Donald Trump, who will "not rest until justice is done". ....

Under a clear night sky, with the sound of crickets for company and an adoring crowd of Donald Trump acolytes in attendance, US First Lady Melania Trump starred on the second night of the Republican National Convention, appealing to the "incredible people who took a chance on the businessman who had never been in politics" to vote for her husband's second term in the upcoming November election. ....

South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo on Tuesday said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, seems to be in control of a key unit of Pyongyang's ruling Workers' Party. ....

China-based TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit against the August 6 executive order by the Donald Trump government that prohibited the company to do any business in the US. ....

Twitter has slapped a public interest notice on a tweet by US President Donald Trump, saying it could potentially dissuade people from participation in voting. ....

An African-American man was shot multiple times by police in the US state of Wisconsin and was taken to a hospital in serious condition, according to media reports. ....