U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Sunday that his administration's plan for peace in the Middle East would be delayed.   In statements he gave during a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, to Israel, Friedman said the...

Egypt’s president Sisi will inaugurate the country’s biggest cathedral on Coptic Christmas Eve Sunday, a day after a deadly bomb blast near a church in a country where jihadists have repeatedly targeted Christians. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday’s...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez began her term as the youngest woman ever elected to the US Congress with a bang this week by proposing to tax the ultra-rich at 60 or 70 percent. The daughter of working-class parents, the 29-year-old New Yorker was following up on her campaign promise....

An 18-year-old Saudi woman seeking asylum was denied entry to Thailand and held in Bangkok's airport, a Thai official said Sunday. Rahaf Mohammad M. Alqunun "ran away from her family to avoid marriage and she is concerned she may be in trouble returning to Saudi Arabia," Thailand's...