Trump shooting: Secret Service admits complacency
Acting Secret Service chief details a list of failures uncovered during a review of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in July
Sweden charges woman with genocide, crimes against humanity in Syria
Daesh ‘tried to annihilate the Yazidi ethnic group on an industrial scale,’ prosecutor Reena Devgun says
DENMARK - Swedish authorities have charged a 52-year-old woman...
India’s Modi to visit US for Quad meeting, UN summit
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the Quad Leaders’ Summit hosted by US President Joe Biden and attend the UN’s Summit of the Future in New...
Outgoing NATO chief urges allies ‘to be willing to pay the price for peace’
BRUSSELS - NATO’s current military spending target will not be enough to protect the alliance as it braces for an increasingly assertive Russia, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is expected to say in his...
Ukraine’s Zelensky says ‘victory plan’ is ready
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that his “Victory Plan,” intended to bring peace to Ukraine while keeping the country strong an avoiding all “frozen conflicts,” was now complete after much consultation.
Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without Palestinian state, crown prince tells Shoura Council
Crown prince strongly condemns the “crimes of the Israeli occupation” against the Palestinian people
While Kingdom moves forward “on the paths of modernization and diversity,” the country...
Blinken in Egypt to push Gaza ceasefire
On his 10th trip to the Middle East since the start of the war in Gaza nearly a year ago, Blinken will address negotiation efforts with Egyptian officials
Palestinian president in Madrid to thank Spain for support
MADRID - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will meet with Spain’s prime minister and king during a two-day visit to the European country that begins on Wednesday, his first since Madrid formally recognized...
US uses sanctions to show off harsh stance toward strategic rival Russia — ambassador
Anatoly Antonov said sound-minded US analysts and journalists repeatedly questioned the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia
WASHINGTON - The endless packages of US sanctions have become a political mechanism...
Iranian president pledges deeper ties with Moscow, state media says
The United States views Moscow’s growing relationships with Pyongyang and Tehran with concern and says both are supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in the conflict in Ukraine