Israel announced Tuesday night the construction of 3,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the fourth such announcement in the less than two weeks since the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. "Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have...

The Philippine defense ministry asked President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday to issue an order for the military to take part in his war on drugs, including granting troops powers to arrest "scalawag" members of the police. Duterte said in a speech to army generals on Tuesday that he wanted...

(Sky News)- President Trump appears to have softened his controversial travel ban in the face of global outrage and also some dissent in his own government. Some 872 refugees will be able to enter the US this week as stopping them would cause "undue hardship", say officials. The decision...

San Francisco filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order directing the U.S. government to withhold money from cities that have adopted sanctuary policies toward undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit, filed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera,...