Democrats in the House of Representatives are attempting to change a 181-year-old rule banning the wearing of hats in the chamber in order to accommodate one of the first Muslims elected to Congress, who wears a headscarf. The leader of the House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, along with...

The value of Bitcoin plummeted 12 percent Monday to below $5,000 for the first time since October 2017. The world's largest cryptocurrency fell as low as $4,891, the lowest level in more than a year, according to data from CoinDesk. With losses exceeding 22 percent in the last...

A trio of Democratic senators Monday sued U.S. President Donald Trump over his appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. The complaint filed by Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie Hirono, asks a federal judge to remove Whitaker from the post Trump appointed...

Khan al-Ahmar, an Arab village in East Jerusalem, will be demolished and its inhabitants evicted, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, according to local media reports. Netanyahu reportedly made the assertion at a Monday meeting of his right-wing Likud party, which leads...

Tunisian security forces have thwarted several attacks by the Daesh terrorist group, Interior Minister Hisham al-Furati said on Monday.   “Plots by Daesh-linked groups to carry out suicide attacks against security and military forces were foiled this month,” al-Furati told...

A new war of words has erupted between Washington and Islamabad after President Donald Trump's recent statement saying Pakistan has not done "a damn thing" for the U.S. In a tweet on Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan recalled the lives lost during the U.S. 'war on terror'....

The order to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was given by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Azzam al-Tamimi, director of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought, has told Anadolu Agency. According to the Palestinian researcher, bin Salman issued the order...

Germany announced Monday that it halted all arms exports to Saudi Arabia in a move to increase pressure on Riyadh to conduct a full investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Economy and Energy Ministry spokesman Philipp Jornitz...

Protesters angry over high fuel prices blocked access to fuel depots and stopped traffic on major roads on Monday after the government refused to back down on fuel taxes after a weekend of demonstrations across France. More than 400 people were injured during the "yellow vest" protests which...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman called on the international community on Monday to halt Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program, and he also reiterated the kingdom's support for U.N. efforts to end the war in Yemen. The king's remarks to the Shura Council, a top advisory body to the...

A high-ranking Houthi official has called for rebels to stop firing rockets and using attack drones in the conflict in Yemen, as a UN envoy prepares to travel to the country to prepare peace talks. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Higher Revolutionary Committee and an influential...

Iran is still hopeful that its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers can be saved despite the withdrawal of the United States, a foreign ministry spokesman said Monday. "There are some ambiguities on implementation of the EU's mechanism to protect trade with Iran from America's sanctions....

Dozens of Palestinians suffered a temporary asphyxiation from teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to a local Palestinian official. Israeli forces used teargas bombs and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinians, who gathered to prevent...

Turkey's coast guard says it rescued 40 migrants stuck on an island after they attempted the crossing to Greece. In a statement Monday, the coast guard said it dispatched two helicopters and one boat following a rescue request call by a migrant. Aerial footage showed groups of people on...

Turkish Coast Guard on Monday began an operation to rescue 40 irregular migrants stranded in Yumurta island in Aegean sea, sources said. At least 10 of the migrants were rescued during the operation in northern Aegean, off the coast of Turkey’s Balikesir, said the sources, who asked not to...

Iraqi officials said five people were killed in a car bomb blast in the city of Tikrit Sunday, the latest security breach to rattle the country in recent weeks. Sixteen others were wounded in the blast that set fires on both sides of a commercial street in the heart of the city, according to...

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he would take on the defense minister portfolio, rejecting calls to dissolve his government even as early elections appeared increasingly likely. Netanyahu said heading to elections now, amid repeated violent confrontations...

Flash floods and landslides caused by a powerful typhoon have killed at least 12 people in central Vietnam, according to local media reports on Sunday. Inundating rainfall and landslide have battered the central Khanh Hoa province in the last few days since Typhoon Toraji, a tropical...

The Palestinian government on Sunday decried incursions by Israeli settlers and government ministers into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In a statement, government spokesman Youssef al-Mahmoud described the incursions as “part of an Israeli scheme to inflame the...

Saudi King Salman welcomed Iraq's new President Barham Saleh Sunday on his first official visit to the kingdom, amid a warming of ties between the Arab neighbors after years of strain. The king hosted a lunch and "discussed regional developments" with Saleh, the official Saudi Press...