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Stockholm, Sweden – Representatives from the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels are attending UN-sponsored peace talks in Sweden aimed at ending more than three years of devastating war. For only the second time since the conflict began, officials from President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government and representatives from the Houthi rebel movement, will attend talks aimed at […]

TOKYO (AP) — A Marine refueling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them in stable condition, officials said. The U.S. Marine Corps said that the 2 a.m. crash involved an F/A-18 fighter […]

In this Oct. 16, 2018, file photo, a security personnel is seen inside the entrance of the Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. (AA Photo) A Turkish court issued arrest warrants for former Saudi Deputy Foreign Intelligence Chief Gen. Ahmed Asiri and Royal Court Adviser Saud Al-Qahtani over their roles in the murder of journalist Jamal […]

A medical team hold the first baby born via uterus transplant from a deceased donor at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 15, 2017. In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.  The breakthrough operation, performed in […]

Mike Pompeo / Gage Skidmore / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) The United States delivered Russia a 60-day ultimatum on Tuesday to come clean about what Washington says is a violation of an arms control treaty that keeps missiles out of Europe. NATO allies led by Germany pressed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting in […]

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pay their respects as former President George H.W. Bush lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For President Donald Trump, there was once no worse insult than being “a Bushie.” That, a former White House official told POLITICO earlier this year, […]

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe arrives to announce the suspension on rising fuel taxes in Paris on Dec. 4, 2018. (AFP Photo) French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Tuesday new concessions to “yellow vest” protesters, saying planned increases in the price of fuel would be suspended for six months. “No tax merits putting the unity […]

Spain’s right-wing VOX party leaders celebrate results after the Andalusian regional elections in Seville, Spain, on December 2, 2018. © REUTERS / Marcelo Del Pozo The wave of right-wing resurgence that has flooded Europe following the refugee crisis has reached Spain. An upstart anti-immigrant party has entered the parliament in Spain’s Andalusia and might yet […]

Stephane Mahe, Reuters | Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on December 2 2018. French leader Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure on Monday to find a way out of the deepest crisis of his presidency after protests over taxes sparked Paris’s worst rioting in decades. As dozens of people were brought to court over Saturday’s clashes, […]

An Indian policeman looks on after receiving treatment for a head injury following reports of mob violence at Chingravati village in Bulandhahr, India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, on December 3, 2018. (AFP Photo) A violent mob rampaged through villages in northern India on Monday after the discovery of suspected cow carcasses, setting vehicles ablaze and […]