Legislation which would have prohibited "sanctuary cities" in the state and banned abortions where a heartbeat is detectable failed to meet the necessary procedural deadline in the Iowa Legislature Friday. First, the sanctuary city legislation would...

On Friday, Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, expressed his discontent with Israel's latest decision to build settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and repeated his previous calls for a two-state solution to resolve the...

President Donald Trump on Friday released an executive order instructing the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative to study causes of the US trade deficit in advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's [BBC...

Paraguay's Senate on Friday approved a constitutional amendment lifting Paraguay's one-term rule for presidents. Put in place by Paraguay's 1992 Constitution following long-term dictatorship, the current rules limit the president to one five-year term. Current president...

FIFA announced Friday it has completed its internal investigation regarding allegations of criminal misconduct, bribery, and corruption in world football. The investigation began after the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) and...

Human rights group Reprieve has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for District of Columbia against the US government for allegedly placing them on a "kill list" to be targeted for...

On Friday, twenty-two members of the so-called Sunflower Movement were acquitted of charges related to their 2014 occupation of the Legislative Yuan. The activists were protesting plans to pass a trade deal with China....

European Union President Donald Tusk laid out plans for the EU's future negotiations with the UK during a speech in Malta on Monday. In response to the UK's invocation of Article 50 , whereby the...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday held its first hearing on Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice-Chairman Mark Warner of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence...

The US Department of Justice filed a notice on Thursday saying that it will appeal a Hawaii federal judge's order against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban . The judge converted...