Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin, just a month before he is set to cement his place as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.
Cleotha Abston, the suspected murderer of teacher and billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher, gained another kidnapping and rape charge this week after DNA testing confirmed him as the perpetrator of a 2021 kidnapping and rape case.
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to re-open girls’ high schools and applauded female students in the eastern province of Paktia who residents said have been publicly protesting against the measure.
The National Rifle Association launched a campaign last week claiming that the media ignores many stories of gun owners defending victims against attackers.
U.S. President Joe Biden invoked the memory of America’s united response to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda and vowed to “never give up” in the face of terrorist threats in a solemn commemoration on Sunday at the Pentagon.
Queen Elizabeth II left her Scottish home for the final time in an emotional moment as thousands lined the streets to pay their respects as the hearse passed by.
Western countries face a dilemma as the U.N. Human Rights Council opens on Monday: confront China over human rights violations in its Xinjiang region and risk failing or miss the biggest opportunity to bring accountability in years.
Last Spring, in the wake of a major human trafficking sting in Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd said that if his department ran the same sting again, it would get the same results.
Visa Inc, the world’s largest payments processor, said on Saturday it will implement a new merchant category code for U.S. gun retailers, which will identify transactions at firearms stores.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has the support of the White House but is losing allies among Democrats in Washington as he seeks to cash in on a promise made to him in the run-up to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
