Pence presents flag used at repatriation ceremony to Korean War Memorial

Proposed circumcision ban rattles Jews, Muslims in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Jews and Muslims on this windswept island in the northern Atlantic Ocean find themselves united against a proposal to ban ritual circumcisions — jeopardizing a fundamental tradition in both religions. “It’s a bedrock of the Jewish people and of the Torah,” said Rabbi Avi Feldman, 27, who moved from Brooklyn to Reykjavik […]

Remote work offers hope to Gaza residents

Some 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza remain ‘locked in’, denied free access to the remainder of the territory and the outside world. That’s according to the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). More than half of Gaza’s residents – 53 percent, or 1.01 million people, including more than 400,000 children – […]

U.K. police: 2 more poisoned with same nerve agent as ex-spy

Last Updated Jul 5, 2018 4:40 AM EDT British police said Wednesday that two people found unconscious over the weekend were poisoned by Novichok, the same nerve agent used against Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The two new victims, a man and a woman, were found Saturday in Amesbury, which is located about eight miles […]