TEL AVIV, Israel -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the unusual step Sunday of convening his Cabinet at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, spurring howls of protest by Palestinians who claim the area where it is located for the capital of a future state.

The special session marking the 50th anniversary of Israel's capture of East Jerusalem...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Whatever respite President Donald Trump may have received from his nine-day overseas trip came to an abrupt end Sunday as administration allies sought to beat back allegations about his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, while the leader of Europe's most powerful nation suggested the U.S. was no longer a reliable ally.

"The era in which ...Read more

JOHANNESBURG –– South African President Jacob Zuma survived an attempt by some members of the African National Congress' leadership to order his removal from office, according to two members of the ruling party's national executive committee.

The committee decided on Sunday not to vote on a no-confidence motion, according to the committee ...Read more

WASHINGTON –– The fight against Islamic State has shifted to stopping potential terrorists to their home countries to wreak havoc, Defense Secretary James Mattis said Sunday.

Mattis provided details of the tactical shift he announced at the Pentagon May 19.

"We have already shifted from attrition tactics where we shove them from one ...Read more

WASHINGTON –– Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sunday that he is still considering whether to ban laptop computers from the cabins of all international flights into and out of the U.S.

"That's really the thing that they're obsessed with, the terrorists: the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if it's a U.S. ...Read more

Chicago was along among the nation's 20 largest cities in losing population last year -- and it lost nearly double the number of residents as the year before, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

It's the city's third consecutive year of population loss for Chicago. The city's population fell by 8,638 residents from 2015 through 2016, to 2,704,...Read more

White House adviser Jared Kushner should appear before the House Intelligence Committee, and his security clearance needs to be reviewed in light of reports that he sought secret communications with Russia, the panel's top Democrat said Sunday.

Rep. Adam Schiff of California said he "fully" expects that the committee will want Kushner, ...Read more

MARAWI CITY, Philippines -- More than 2,200 people are trapped in the conflict zone in a besieged southern Philippine city, fearing for their lives from threats of Islamist militants and military airstrikes, a local official confirmed Sunday.

Residents have been sending appeals for help via text message, but rescue teams have not been able to ...Read more

Fear of earthquakes is part of life in California.

But people experience this anxiety in different ways. For some, the fear prompts them to take steps to protect themselves: strapping down heavy furniture, securing kitchen cabinets and retrofitting homes and apartments.

For others, the fear prompts denial -- a willful ignorance of the dangers ...Read more

TAORMINA, Italy -- Donald Trump made no secret during the presidential campaign of his disdain for America's trading partners, his skepticism of longtime alliances and his eagerness to refocus U.S. foreign policy on the single-minded pursuit of American security.

That was the largely the president the world got as Trump made his way through the...Read more

MUMBAI, India -- Stone-throwing protesters clashed with security forces across the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Saturday after Indian soldiers killed eight suspected militants as part of a months-long crackdown in the disputed Himalayan territory.

At least one civilian was killed as police forces tried to subdue the protesters, and ...Read more

TEL AVIV--Hundreds of Palestinians jailed in Israeli prisons ended a 6-week-old hunger strike Saturday that raised tensions with Israel while marking the re-emergence of a popular Palestinian politician serving multiple life terms for murder.

Led by Marwan Barghouti, a militant from the ruling Fatah party and a political rival to Palestinian ...Read more

LONDON ––Prime Minister Theresa May said the United Kingdom's terrorism threat level has been lowered to "severe" from "critical" after arrests related to the May 22 attack in Manchester.

May led a meeting of the government's emergency committee Saturday, during which she received an update from police and security services on the ...Read more

MINYA, Egypt -- Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus loaded with Coptic Christians the day before near the southern city of Minya, which officials said killed 29 people.

"A security team of caliphate soldiers set up an ambush for dozens of Christians as they headed to the church of St. Samuel," the militant group said ...Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Donald Trump described Muslims as sick people who have hatred on their minds and he proposed banning them from entering the United States.

Yet many people in Saudi Arabia, a nation considered the birthplace of Islam where citizens are required to be Muslim, don't hold his words against him.

In more than a dozen ...Read more

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season, with five to nine hurricanes -- two to four of them Category 3 (winds at least 111 mph) or stronger. The forecast calls for 11 to 17 tropical systems (winds a least 39 mph).

The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and runs until...Read more