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Manakin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Iran is responsible for the attack on two commercial tanker ships sailing in international waters in the Gulf of Oman earlier in the day. “It […]

iStock/BornaMir(TEHRAN, Iran) — Amid renewed high tensions in the Persian Gulf, Iran’s Supreme Leader says he has rejected an offer from President Donald Trump to talk, blasting the U.S. as insincere in its offer and […]

Paula Lobo/ABC(ROME) — Amanda Knox arrived in Italy Thursday for the first time since her 2015 acquittal in a years-long murder case there. Knox will take part in a three-day conference on criminal law in […]

Manakin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Two commercial tanker ships were hit by apparent attacks on Thursday while sailing in international waters in the Gulf of Oman, and while a U.S. official said that it was too soon to […]

Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(HONG KONG) — The president of Hong Kong’s legislature has again suspended a debate on a polarizing proposal to change the city’s extradition law, following violent clashes between police and […]

CIL868/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Congress is moving ahead with legislation to block $8 billion of arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after the Trump administration declared an “emergency” to bypass Congress and move […]

Cesare Ferrari/iStock(LONDON) — A young child who became the first cross-border case of Ebola in the world’s second-largest outbreak has died, health officials said. The 5-year-old boy sought medical care at a hospital in western […]

PHILIP FONG/AFP/Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Police fired tear gas at throngs of protesters in the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday amid growing anger over the government’s proposal to change an extradition law. The controversial […]

Rattankun Thongbun/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Russian police announced on Tuesday they are dropping charges against the investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, an extraordinary reversal by authorities in the face of a popular outcry over his arrest on drug […]

U.S. Navy(WASHINGTON) — Video of a Russian destroyer coming within about 20 yards of a U.S. warship last Friday showed more than just a close encounter between great powers in the Philippine Sea. Close observers […]