President Trump on Tuesday declared the "dawn of a new Middle East” as he presided over the signing of two historic Middle East diplomatic deals between Israel and two Gulf nations.“We’re here this afternoon to change the course of history. After decades of division and conflict we mark the dawn of a new Middle East,"…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fire-fighters are working 72-hour shifts but say it is not enough to contain the blazes US President Donald Trump has declared that wildfires burning through homes and devastating precious forestry in California are a major disaster and he has released federal aid.Over 14,000 firefighters are battling 585 fires that…
(CNN)US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a formal rejection of "most" of China's maritime claims in the South China Sea, the latest in the escalation between Washington and Beijing.…
JOHANNESBURG—Nearly two years after the first case was discovered, the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday declared victory over the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, but the country’s health crisis is far from over: It is also battling a new flare-up of the disease in its northwest, along with a measles epidemic and a growing number…
Jamaal Bowman declared victory Wednesday over Rep. Eliot L. Engel in New York’s 16th Congressional District Democratic primary — scoring a win for the party’s far-left and signaling the end of the incumbent’s 30-year career in the House. “I cannot wait to get to Washington and cause problems for the people maintaining the status quo,”…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…