India criminalized the Muslim practice of triple talaq, or instant divorce, on Wednesday in an executive order. Despite a Supreme Court ruling last year calling the practice unconstitutional, a divorce…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday launched a new ad campaign aimed at curbing rampant e-cigarette use among American teens. Just last week, the agency announced a crackdown…
The Iraq War saw the use of commercial military forces — mercenaries — to an extensive degree unprecedented in the modern era. One of the military contracting firms, Blackwater (now…
Saudi Arabia put a $1 billion charge into Lucid Motors Monday by investing in the electric car maker. Through the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, the investment will fund…
The Syrian government accidentally shot down a Russian military plane — killing more than a dozen people after Israeli missile strikes, officials said Tuesday. The shootdown occurred Monday when Israeli…
A report projecting the impact of migration after Britain leaves the European Union said Tuesday only a limited number of low-skilled immigrant workers should be admitted to the country at…
More than 100 people have died as a result of flooding in Nigeria, after heavy rains swelled two major rivers beyond their banks, authorities said Monday. The rain storms in…
The Soviet-era nerve agent that poisoned Sergei Skripal and killed a woman this year is not what sickened two people at a British restaurant over the weekend, investigators said Monday.…
Israel marked the 30th anniversary of its first satellite launch by releasing once classified footage of the event and declassifying images of Bashar Assad’s palace in Syria taken by its…
Russia and Turkey agreed Monday to establish a demilitarized zone in the Syrian province of Idlib amid concerns of a potentially catastrophic offensive against rebels in the area. Russian President…
