The attack comes days after President Trump announced he wants to label Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.   At least 21 people have died due to a battle between Mexican police officers and cartel gunmen, just days after President Donald Trump said that he planned on labeling Mexican d...

A US teen says the video-sharing platform suspended her account for criticizing China’s treatment of Muslims.   A US teenage TikTok user’s attempt to spread awareness about China’s oppression of its Uighur Muslim population has renewed questions about censorship on the China-based social media compa...

olitical and military engagement in the Middle East has for decades seemed an integral component of American foreign policy, as experts discussed at Brookings at an event on November 13. However, today, U.S. engagement in the Middle East is under intense scrutiny. According to experts, recent events...

Colin Kaepe ick will finally get a chance Saturday to show his stuff again to NFL teams — after nearly a three-year wait. On a practice field near Atlanta, the 32-year-old free agent quarterback will have about two hours to demonstrate his skills. At least 11 teams will send personnel to watch the l...

CAIRO (AP) — One Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men. Since her father's death last year, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has stood before three different judges to demand an equal share of the property left to her two brothers by t...

BEIJING (AP) - Asian stocks sank Wednesday after President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a trade war fail to produce an interim agreement. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia all declined. Trump said Tuesday agree...

Mexico granted asylum to Bolivia's former President Evo Morales on Monday as unrest shook the South American nation, helping cement the Mexican gove ment's emerging role as a bastion of diplomatic support for left-wing leaders in Latin America. Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Morales' ...

BERLIN (AP) - The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic speech imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the inauguration of the work a "monumental mome...

One firefighter was injured fighting a brush fire that consumed 34 acres in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles Saturday night before crews stopped the still-active fire's forward progress. The fire, referred to as the Barham Fire by the Los Angeles Fire Department, could be seen from Universal ...

With a chip that can track your every move, New York’s city-issued ID cards are about to take a seriously dystopian tu . More than a million New Yorkers could soon willingly agree to carry a gove ment-issued tracking device, whether they realize it or not. That’s the proposal from Mayor Bill de Blas...

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Asian stocks were mixed on Friday, with investors reacting cautiously to signs of a thaw in US-China trade tensions. A spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce told reporters Thursday afte oon that US and Chinese negotiators have discussed rolling back tariffs, saying the r...

MEXICO CITY — Argentine President-elect Alberto Fe ández met with his Mexican soon-to-be counterpart Monday seeking to boost bilateral and regional cooperation in his first foreign trip since winning election last month. Fe ández said topics of discussion with Andrés Manuel López Obrador in their pr...

If Brexit wasn’t enough for the British public to contend with, it is now facing a snap election around one of the busiest, darkest and coldest times of the year — the run-up to Christmas. It’s well known that Brits are obsessed by the weather and when you combine that with an election, it’s no surp...