World News Climber who lost legs to Everest makes it to summit — four decades later Xia Boyu first tried to reach the top in 1975 but lost both his legs in the process due to frostbite. 15/05/2018
World News Euroviews. The massacre of Palestinians in Gaza highlights Zionism's double standards | View A moral and principled position would require us to apply to Israel at least the same standards that we apply to the Palestinians, writes Haroon Moghul. 15/05/2018
United Kingdom Meghan Markle asks for 'respect' as dad reportedly to skip wedding "This is a deeply personal moment for Ms. Markle in the days before her wedding," Kensington Palace said in a statement. 14/05/2018
World News U.S. tells Israel 'you are not alone' as Jerusalem embassy set to open Moving the diplomatic outpost breaks with decades of Washington policy and distances the U.S. from its allies, who have kept their embassies in Tel Aviv. 14/05/2018
World News Jerusalem embassy to be opened by 'religious bigot,' Romney says The pastor denied the former GOP presidential candidate's claim he was a bigot, but added that he believed Mormonism was "wrong." 14/05/2018
World News Firebrand anti-U.S. cleric's coalition takes early lead in Iraqi elections The anti-American cleric will not become prime minister as he did not run but his apparent victory puts him in a position to pick someone for the job. 14/05/2018
World News 'Peaceful human waves' of Palestinians aim to breach fence into Israel Nearly 50 demonstrators have died and more than 9,500 have been wounded during protests since March 30, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. 14/05/2018
World News Trump tells Commerce Department to help Chinese telecom ZTE At issue is that department's move last month to block telecom giant ZTE Corp. from importing American components for seven years. 13/05/2018
World News U.S. delegation arrives in Jerusalem ahead of controversial embassy move The decision to move the embassy upended decades of Washington policy and sparked heavy criticism in the Palestinian territories and beyond. 13/05/2018
World News Ahead of Trump-Kim talks, South Koreans fear their prisoners will be forgotten President Trump welcomed home three Americans freed from North Korea this week, but the fate of other detainees remains uncertain ahead of his summit with Kim Jong Un. 13/05/2018
World News Carriage rides and sniffer dogs: Huge security op to blanket royal wedding "You have a celebration and a royal family that like to be accessible to the public. That has to be matched against security." 13/05/2018
World News Knife attack in Paris kills 1, hurts 4; suspect also dead "France once again pays the price of blood, but does not give an inch to the enemies of freedom," President Emmanuel Macron said. 13/05/2018
World News Chicago bishop with progressive record to speak at royal wedding The first African-American to have served as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, he has backed same-sex marriage and racial reconciliation. 12/05/2018
World News U.S. hopes North Korea will become close partner, Pompeo says The United States aspires to have North Korea as a "close partner" and not an enemy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. 12/05/2018
World News Malaysia bars ousted, scandal-plagued leader from leaving country Najib Razak's coalition suffered a shocking electoral defeat this week that ended its 60 year-rule. 12/05/2018
World News Fairy tale castle to host Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's modern royal wedding "It's history. It's legitimacy," according to a local Windsor historian. "Right back to the earliest kings, they met at this place." 12/05/2018
World News Catholic tradition vs. liberal values: Ireland vote might legalize abortion Abortion remains such a taboo in Ireland that it's rare for women to speak openly about it. A public admission could result in a 14-year prison sentence. 12/05/2018
World News Family of 7 dead in Australia's worst mass shooting in 22 years It's the country's worst mass shooting since a lone gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania in 1996. 11/05/2018
World News Anti-American cleric rebrands himself as Iraq election looms The firebrand cleric who led a militia blamed for American deaths and ethnic cleansing has distanced himself from former patron Iran. 11/05/2018
Germany Anti-Semitism is back in the open in Germany "For many Germans, no one in their right mind would be anti-Semitic and there is an astonishment that they have to deal with it again." 11/05/2018