Curfew, More Shooting In Baghdad After 2 Days Of Violence
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces fired live bullets into the air and used tear gas against a few hundred protesters in central Baghdad on Thursday, hours after a curfew was ann...
Friends Say Ticking Clock Drove Wounded Hong Kong Protester
HONG KONG (AP) — Born after the historic July 1 day when Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, the 18-year-old protester who was shot at close range in the chest by a pol...
S. Korea Says N. Korea Fired A Projectile Off Eastern Coast
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday fired projectiles toward its eastern sea, South Korea's military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilit...
Trump ‘Left Hanging’ After Rouhani Refuses To Answer Call
NEW YORK- French President Emmanuel Macron was reportedly close to arranging a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the course o...
Hong Kong Protester Shot As China Marks Its 70th Anniversary
HONG KONG (AP) — In a fearsome escalation of violence, Hong Kong police shot a protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the groun...
Greta: Grown-ups Mock Children Because World View Threatened
TORONTO (AP) — Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg said Friday she doesn't understand why grown-ups and world leaders would mock children and teens for acting on science, responding to...
US Accuses Syria Of Chlorine Attack, Pledges To Not Let It Go ‘Unchallenged’
Washington - The United States has accused Syria of conducting a chemical-weapons attack on May 19, which U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed won’t go “unchallenged.”
“The...
Prince Harry Walks Through Angola Mine Field, Echoing Diana
JOHANNESBURG — A body armor-wearing Prince Harry on Friday followed in the footsteps of his late mother, Princess Diana, whose walk through an active mine field in Angola years ag...
UK Medical Drug Supply Still Uncertain In A No-Deal Brexit
LONDON — Britain's government watchdog says there is still a "significant amount" of work to do to make sure the country has an adequate supply of licensed drugs in case of a no-d...
‘Forgotten’ War: Syria Conflict A Footnote At UN Meeting
Beirut- As dozens of heads of state convene for the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York this week, the lingering conflict in Syria is taking a back seat while tensions in the ...
The Trump-Ukraine Controversy, And The Jews Involved, Explained
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A week ago, impeachment was not the flavor of the season.
The interest in Robert Mueller’s special counsel report into Russian election interference had waned...
‘Greta’: A Young Activist’s Moment, Praised and Criticized
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — She stepped onto the biggest of global stages to face the most diverse of audiences, and she made it count. "How dare you?" she kept saying to some of the wor...
EU Top Court Rules In Favor Of Google On ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Issue
Luxembourg- Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't have to extend the EU's "right to be forg...
Britain Joins US In Blaming Iran For Saudi Oil Attacks
United Nations - Britain joined the United States on Monday in blaming Iran for attacks on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, but the Iranian foreign minister pointed to claims of...
Bulgaria Opens 1st Jewish School In Over 20 Years
Sofia — Bulgaria’s Jewish community opened its first Jewish school in over 20 years.
The opening last week of the Ronald S. Lauder Day School in Sofia is a significant developme...
Iran Calls Sending Of Troops To Saudi Arabia By US ‘Posturing’
Tehran - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the sending of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia as “posturing” in an interview on Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
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Trump Visits 2 Key States With Leaders Of India, Australia
Houston - President Donald Trump's run-up to the U.N. General Assembly was a dash on Sunday through two key political states with two world leaders at events that felt like his rau...
Iran Asks West to Leave Persian Gulf as Tensions Heightened
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coaliti...
First Official Synagogue To Be Constructed in United Arab Emirates
The first official synagogue to be built in the United Arab Emirates will be completed by 2022, according to a report by "the National" website, a local news outlet. The shul will ...
Iran’s Guard Says Ready For ‘Any scenario’ Amid US Standoff
Tehran - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is ready for combat and "any scenario," its chief commander said Saturday, as the country's nuclear deal with world powers collapses an...