US and UK bomb Yemen in response to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea
The United States and the United Kingdom today bombed several military positions of the Houthi rebels in at least six provinces of Yemen in response to the insurgents' attacks against commercial ships...
Modi’s Lakshadweep visit triggers archipelagic tensions with Maldives
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the country’s Lakshadweep archipelago to boost tourism has sparked a diplomatic crisis with neighboring Maldives and stirred a nationalist fervor among Indian millionaires...
Pope calls for universal ban on surrogacy in global roundup of threats to peace...
Pope Francis called Monday for a universal ban on the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing threats to global peace and...
Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders on new Mideast push to keep Gaza war...
— On another urgent diplomatic mission to the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Arab partners to press for their help in tamping down resurgent fears that...
Who is Mary Donaldson: The former executive who will be queen consort of Denmark
Australian lawyer and former executive, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson will become the queen consort of Denmark on January 14, joining other European monarchs born abroad such as the Argentine Máxima of the Netherlands...