Image copyright Getty Images The head of the US Postal Service has said the agency is "fully capable and committed" to handling the nation's mail-in votes for November's election.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers that postal votes would continue to be prioritised and that recent policy changes were not made in attempt to influence the 2020 election.
Democrats say new delivery policies could lead to issues with postal votes.
The row quickly became a
Image copyright Getty Images Thousands have taken to the streets of Mali's capital to celebrate the coup against Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Coup leaders arrested Mr Keïta on Tuesday and forced him to resign, sparking global condemnation.
But Mr Keïta was facing huge street protests before his arrest and many in Mali have welcomed his removal.
Thousands gathered in Bamako's Independence Square to the sound of vuvuzelas, with many declaring victory over the former president
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has vowed to "stand till the end" in protests over disputed elections and subsequent violence.
She told the BBC that if the protest movement stepped back now, they would be "slaves".
Protests and strikes continue, but President Alexander Lukashenko shows no sign of backing down nearly two weeks after the election was held.
He has vowed to crush the unrest in
Image copyright Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain fans have been banned by police from wearing their team's shirt in the city centre of fierce rivals Marseille on Sunday, as the Parisians take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
Clothing even "displaying the colours of PSG" will be off-limits.
The order comes due to disturbances in Marseille during PSG's semi-final win over German side Leipzig .
One man was
Image copyright Getty Images Senegalese officials say they have asked for 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - the chemical which caused a huge explosion in Beirut - to be removed from Dakar.
The amount in Dakar's port, which is near residential areas, is nearly as much as was in the Lebanese capital.
Officials say the chemical is part of a 3,050-tonne consignment destined for neighbouring Mali.
Port officials say 35
Mika, born in Beirut, is hosting a virtual concert to raise money for Lebanon after the the devastating explosion.
Image copyright EPA Crowds rejoiced after a group of colonels seized power in Mali, a vast country stretching into the Sahara, where troops - including French soldiers and UN peacekeepers - are fighting jihadist groups, but not everyone is happy, writes West Africa analyst Paul Melly.
Negotiations are rumoured to be under way for the exile of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, deposed as president of Mali in a military putsch on Tuesday and currently detained with his son, his Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and a number of other senior government officials
Image copyright Getty Images Russian doctors say leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny remains too ill to be transferred to Germany for treatment after a possible poisoning.
Mr Navalny has been in a coma since Thursday when he fell ill on a flight and his supporters called the doctors' decision "a direct threat to his life".
They have cited a report of "a deadly substance", dangerous not only to Mr Navalny but to all around him.
However, a doctor
A Trump voter and three Biden voters react to the former vice-president's nomination speech together.
Record floods hit China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River with millions of people affected.