Nation Dec 27 Court upholds Obama's creation of national monument in Atlantic Fishing groups had sued over the creation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a 5,000-square-mile area that contains fragile deep sea corals and vulnerable species of marine life.
World Dec 27 Syrian opposition calls on the world to aid rebel-held Idlib Opposition leader Nasr Hariri told reporters in Istanbul that the international community "should turn on the red lights because there is a humanitarian catastrophe inside Syria."…
World Dec 26 Trump warns against 'carnage' in Syrian rebel stronghold In a tweet Thursday, President Donald Trump wrote: “Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians in Idlib Province. Don’t do it! Turkey is working hard to stop this carnage."…
World Dec 25 Erdogan in Tunisia for surprise visit to discuss Libya Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters Wednesday he and President Kais Saied discussed steps for a ceasefire in Libya and a return to political dialogue.
Nation Dec 25 Remains of 33-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan returned to U.S. Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble of Washington Township, New Jersey, was killed Monday in a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province. The Taliban has claimed they were behind the attack.
Politics Dec 25 GOP senator 'disturbed' by McConnell impeachment remark U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, also spoke of her desire for a “full and fair process,” potentially using the impeachment hearings of President Clinton as a template.
World Dec 25 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria in recent weeks A relief group active in northwestern Syria said 216,632 people have fled their homes, many of them with no specific place to go. Many have been heading toward the Turkish border for safety.
World Dec 25 Ukraine opens probe over Russia's railway bridge to Crimea Ukrainian officials opened a criminal probe Wednesday after a passenger train from Russia arrived in Crimea via a new Russian-built bridge, arguing that the train illegally carried people across the Ukrainian border.
World Dec 25 Pope offers hope against darkness in Christmas Day message The pope told tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims and Romans gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the annual Christmas Day message that "the light of Christ is greater" than the darkness "in human hearts" and "in economic, geopolitical and…
World Dec 24 Hong Kong protests resume in shopping centers and streets The protests demanding greater democratic rights show no sign of ending despite the overwhelming victory by anti-establishment candidates in elections for district representatives earlier this month.