Factory workers, students and business owners in Belarus on Monday began a strike to demand that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign after more than two months of continuing mass protests following a disputed election.
Tropical storm Zeta strengthened to a hurricane on Monday afternoon as it continued on a track for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula resorts. It was forecast to possibly make U.S. landfall in the central Gulf Coast by midweek, though it could weaken by then.
Stock markets around the world sold off on Monday as surging coronavirus infections prompted a new wave of fear and uncertainty, barely a week before a U.S. election that could reshape global geopolitics.
The moon lacks the oceans and lakes that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known. Water molecules are trapped within mineral grains on the surface, they said and more water may be hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows.
Seven stowaways seized when British naval special forces stormed the oil tanker Nave Andromeda in the English Channel have been arrested on suspicion of hijacking, police said Monday.
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from last week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space.
Thailand's parliament began a special session Monday that was called to address political tensions amid near daily pro-democracy protests demanding the prime minister's resignation, constitutional changes and reforms to the monarchy.
A deeply torn U.S. Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but Democratic leaders are asking Vice President Mike Pence to stay away from presiding over Monday's session due to potential health risks after his aides tested positive for COVID-19.
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of violating a new U.S.-brokered ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, casting doubt over the prospects of the latest international push to end a month of clashes.
Here's a look at how the electoral college process works, how it came to be engrained in U.S. presidential elections and its influence on the future of politics in the country.
