Indi Gregory, the infant in the United Kingdom who was forced off life support despite international efforts to move her to a Roman hospital, has been laid to rest. The child, who suffered from a severe mitochondrial disease, was removed from life support by the English courts last month. The …
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Senior U.S. defense officials tell Fox News Digital there have been two new attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria. At Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, a one-way attack drone was shot down near the base. No injuries or damage were reported. At Patrol Base Al-Shaddadi in Syria, there …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., urged his congressional colleagues on Tuesday to reject the more than $10 billion in military funding for Israel that is being considered amid Israeli forces’ “grossly disproportionate” and “immoral” response to Hamas terrorists’ Oct. 7 attack. Sanders said in a statement that he is calling on …
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea says it has successfully test-fired two domestically built ballistic missiles that can hit all of North Korea. The test comes amid continuing animosity between the rival Koreas over Pyongyang’s push to bolster its nuclear and missile capabilities. Seoul’s Defense Ministry says the missiles, which …
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MADRID – Police say they have arrested 29 people on suspicion of smuggling drugs, dismantling a criminal organization that brought large quantities of hashish into Spain from Morocco. The investigation began in 2014 after police detected a drug-smuggling ring based near Cadiz in southwestern Spain and culminated in raids after …
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BAUCHI, Nigeria – Police say three women wearing explosive vests blew up near Maiduguri in an apparent failed suicide bombing attack on Nigeria’s beleaguered northeastern city. Dozens have been killed in suicide bombings in Maiduguri over the last week blamed on the extremist Boko Haram group. A police expert investigating …
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BERLIN – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will hold meetings with Yemen’s warring factions and regional powers Sunday, kicking off the first substantive talks by all parties involved in the conflict. A U.N. spokesman told reporters in Geneva on Friday that Ban hopes the talks will produce a “new dynamic that …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s three-party opposition alliance, once touted as an alternative to the country’s long-ruling coalition, has collapsed over policy differences. The People’s Alliance, led by jailed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, made strong gains since 2008 polls and won the popular vote in 2013. However, a …
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says it has received allegations that U.N. peacekeepers sexually abused children in Central African Republic, where French troops are also being investigated for alleged sex abuse against boys. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic was …
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BEIRUT – Activists say a bomb has exploded inside a mosque where al-Qaida’s branch in Syria was holding a fast-breaking meal, killing at least 14. Activists say the bombing inside the Salem Mosque in the northern town of Ariha occurred shortly after sunset Friday when scores of Nusra Front members …
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