Lintao Zhang/Getty Images(SEATTLE) — Before he heads to Washington DC for a state visit, President Xi Jinping, the president of China, is heading to Washington state on Tuesday for three days of meetings. The talks in Seattle will focus on business, trade and Read More
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images(BUDAPEST, Hungary) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says European borders are being threatened by the migrants, according to the BBC. A new law passed by the Hungarian Parliament allows the army to use tear gas, rubber Read More
the_guitar_mann/iStock/ThinkStock(WASHINGTON) — In a significant increase to its new military presence in Syria, Russia sent in 24 additional fighter aircraft this past weekend to the airfield in Latakia that U.S. officials say has become a Russian air Read More
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flown at short notice to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin. The trip was prompted by the Russian military build-up in Syria. Israel is worried that increased Read More
Cuban Foreign Ministry(HAVANA) — Photos captured the intimate, historic meeting between Pope Francis and Fidel Castro on Sunday. The images show the leader of the Catholic Church, who is 78, exchanging gifts with the 89-year-old Cuban revolutionary after a Mass that Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Six Democratic senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday, urging the State Department to increase protection for persecuted religious minorities within Iraq, including giving them special status to seek Read More
NASA(NEW YORK) — Could a massive dust storm really leave an astronaut stranded on Mars? Ahead of the release of the movie The Martian, NASA is giving the lowdown on what weather on the Red Planet is really like. While powerful winds tear through part of the Read More
Carl Court/Getty Images(HAVANA) — After holding Mass in Havana and meeting with Fidel Castro Sunday, Pope Francis will have another busy day Monday in Cuba as part of his 10-day visit to that country and the United States. The pontiff will leave Havana Monday Read More
Zand Hotel/Global Powwow(NEW YORK) — It’s a kid’s summertime dream come true. The Zand Hotel — or Sand Hotel — is the first sandcastle hotel in the world. And there’s two of them. Housed in the Netherlands in the Frisian town of Sneek Read More
PeterHermesFurian/iStock/ThinkStock(WASHINGTON) — The White House said Sunday that two U.S. citizens in Yemen who had reportedly been detained since early this year by rebels who overthrew the country’s government have been released. In a statement from the Read More
