Israel's Supreme Court is having a busy month hearing challenges to actions by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell addressed his colleagues behind closed doors on Wednesday about his health, telling them that his cognitive ability is not impaired and saying that he intends to stay atop the conference he has led for the past 16 years.

After a series of setbacks, Republicans ended the week no closer to electing a new speaker as deep internal divisions have left the conference struggling to govern and the House in a state of paralysis.

The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of some 200 hostages held by Hamas militants after their unprecedented attack on Israel over two weeks ago

Graham has been in the hospital for a number of months coping with heath issues

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will raise taxes on guns and ammunition

South African Tamara Magwashu grew up unable to afford pads or tampons - now she is changing that for others.

Neither Israel nor Palestinians are in any mood to talk peace as fighting rages in Jenin, Jeremy Bowen reports.

Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload have each been sentenced by a New Zealand court to more than two years in prison

The Dutch economy unexpectedly succumbed to its first recession since the pandemic on weakness in both consumer spending

A federal lawsuit alleges police in Washington state had no plan other than to use deadly force against a fugitive who was on the run days after shooting a member of a far-right group when supporters of then-President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in Portland, Oregon, streets in 2020

Johns Hopkins trauma surgeon Dr. Joseph Sakran relied on a unique combination of training and personal experience this week when a shooting left five people injured on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore