Italian lawmakers have elected the speakers of both chambers of parliament following an inconclusive March 4 election, giving the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement leadership of one chamber and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia the other. Forza Italia Sen. Maria Elisabetta Alberti...
Iran on Saturday slammed new U.S. sanctions against 10 of its citizens and an Iranian company over their alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking and intellectual property theft scheme. The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled charges on Friday against nine Iranians along...
A gendarme who voluntarily took the place of a hostage during a deadly supermarket siege in southwestern France on Friday has died, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. Arnaud Beltrame, who once served in Iraq, had been raced to hospital fighting for his life after the siege in...
Rim Banna, a leading Palestinian singer, songwriter, and composer, has died after battling breast cancer for almost nine years. The 51-year-old died in her hometown of Nazareth in Israel, and is survived by her mother, brother, and three children. Family members confirmed via...
