International

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has decided to block a visit by U.S. Democratic members of Congress Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said on Thursday. “The decision has been made, […]

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday issued a harsh response after Richard Gere’s criticized his country’s handling of a migrant crisis. The Hollywood actor, 69, last week took a break from his vacation […]

A man has been arrested in Norway after a shooting inside a mosque left one person injured. Police say a gunman opened fire on the Al-Noor Islamic Centre, near the capital Oslo, on Saturday. The […]

The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs mentions mass shootings in the security status listed for the United States. After two further mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, last weekend, the list of […]

A bill to widely expand abortion access in New Zealand passed its first parliamentary test. The country’s lawmakers voted to approve the Abortion Legalization Bill Thursday by a 94-23 vote. Current law in New Zealand […]

Iranian forces are actively using GPS jammers and pretending to be U.S. or allies’ warships to trick commercial vessels into traveling through Iranian waters and then seizing them, federal government officials say. The US Department […]

ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER RONALD REAGAN, South China Sea (AP) — A U.S. aircraft carrier has sailed through the disputed South China Sea in the latest show of America’s military might amid new territorial flare-ups […]

North Korea on Tuesday accused the United States of “inciting tension” by holding joint military exercises with South Korea and said Pyongyang would take measures to defend itself. Ju Yong Chol, a North Korean diplomat […]

The Royal Navy will join a US-led taskforce to protect merchant ships travelling in the Gulf. The move comes amid growing tensions between the two western powers and Iran over the shipping route in the […]

BANGKOK — The Trump administration was hoping to quietly resume nuclear-disarmament talks with North Koreans at a major Asian summit here this week. But Pyongyang’s officials were a no-show, once again snubbing U.S. envoys and […]