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UN agencies urge Trump to allow refugees entry

The United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration Saturday to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement program was vital. U.S. President Donald Trump Friday put a four-month...

John Hurt, Oscar nominated for "The Elephant Man" dies at 77

The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in "The Elephant Man," terrify them in "Alien," and spoof that very same scene in "Spaceballs," has died. He was 77. Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according to his agent Charles McDonald....

New US envoy says Trump goal at UN is to show US strength

New U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley arrived at the United Nations Friday announcing a new way the U.S. does business: The Trump administration's goal is to show U.S. strength, speak out, and defend its allies - and as for countries opposing America, "We're taking names." The former South...

Boris Johnson signals shift in UK policy on Syria's Assad

( The Guardian )- The UK accepts that Bashar al-Assad should be allowed to run for re-election in the event of a peace settlement in Syria, Boris Johnson has said, in a dramatic reversal of the British policy stretching back to the early days of the civil war that the president must go....