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Trump pressed to levy harsh US response to Khashoggi killing

 President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says that Saudi Arabia is a "spectacular ally" and that he's not convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto...

WHO says Iraq river pollution toxic to fish

The World Health Organizations says laboratory tests completed after a shocking fish die-off in Iraq's Euphrates River show the water is contaminated with high levels of bacteria, heavy metals, and ammonia. Fishermen were stunned to find that hundreds of tons of carp had died suddenly...

Israel arrested 900 children this year: NGO

Israeli forces have detained over 900 Palestinian children since the beginning of this year, according to a local NGO on Tuesday.   “A total of 270 children are still held in Israeli prisons,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement, which was released on the...

US: 4 killed in Chicago hospital shooting

Three people, including a police officer, were killed Monday in a shooting at a hospital in Chicago, said police. The gunman – identified as 32-year-old Juan Lopez, the former fiancée of one of the victims -- was among the dead in the attack at Mercy Hospital. Earlier,...