JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago. “Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew,” Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting
CAIRO (AP) — Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office. But
This article originally appeared in The Independent Waiting on the platform of King’s Cross station on 4 June 1916 Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener – Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, suppressor of the Boers, governor of Egypt, slayer of the Sudanese
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic candidates are trying to figure out whether to embrace or avoid President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — or land somewhere in between. The president says his party shouldn’t apologize or go on the defensive about
This article originally appeared in the Daily Beast In 1884 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. gave a remarkable speech in which he explained how grief and memory for the fallen dead unite the nation on Memorial Day. Memorial Day got off
The American Legion says the VA scandal has left a “black eye” for veterans this Memorial Day. Verna Jones, director of veteran affairs and rehabilitation at the American Legion National Headquarters, tells CBSDC that veterans are hurt by the ongoing
(Reuters) – China described Vietnam’s claim to disputed South China Sea islands as “ridiculous” on Monday, as tension rises over competing claims of sovereignty in waters believed to be rich in oil and natural gas. China claims almost the entire
Four people in eastern Sierra Leone have died after contracting the Ebola virus, a health ministry official announced on Monday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, the Washington Post
NEW DELHI (AP) — India deployed sharpshooters and security forces around the capital Monday as Narendra Modi prepared to be sworn in as prime minister in a ceremony attended by a slew of foreign dignitaries — including the prime minister
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator startled his colleagues by producing a fake pipe bomb during a committee hearing on Monday. Sen. Bill Heffernan, who represents the ruling Liberal Party, was making a point about a relaxation of security
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An express train slammed into a parked freight train in northern India on Monday, killing at least 40 people and reducing cars to a heap of torn and twisted metal, officials said. The Gorakhpur Express passenger
JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust, kissing the hands of six survivors in an emotional ceremony at Israel’s national Holocaust memorial on Monday as he capped a Mideast trip with poignant stops at some of
Subcomandante Marcos, the mysterious masked leader of Mexico’s Zapatista rebels, bowed out as chief of the 20-year-old movement in what he described vaguely as “internal changes.” Marcos made the announcement one day after making his first public appearance in five
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It’s graduation day for movie star Emma Watson. The British actress best known as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” movies was among 2,000 graduates receiving degrees Sunday from Brown University. She tweeted a photo of
CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes doesn’t in any way resemble the site of roiling class conflict. It’s a French Riviera playground for the 1 percent, a sun-dappled land of velvet ropes. Yet at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which came
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A team of mutants overpowered one massive mutant monster at the box office during the Memorial Day holiday. Fox-Marvel’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” debuted with $91 million beating last weekend’s No. 1 hit, the Warner
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation is marking Memorial Day weekend with somber ceremonies, flag planting at cemeteries and parades. In New York, a Marines Corps chaplain will give a sermon Sunday at the Marble Collegiate College in Manhattan. Afterward,
A replica of Egypt’s iconic Sphinx built in northern China will be dismantled after an Egyptian ministry complained about the structure, state media said Sunday. A massive replica of the ancient statue was built in Hebei province, the official Xinhua
Pope Francis arrived in Israel on Sunday to formally launch the final leg of his three-day Middle East tour. He flew in by helicopter from the West Bank town of Bethlehem, landing at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv where
Anton Sattler isn’t your typical Hollywood player. The University of Pittsburgh graduate joined the Marines after college, and it was there where he was taught the discipline needed to make films in a tough environment. He also learned of a
The leader of Nigeria’s Muslims on Sunday called for followers of the faith to unite against Boko Haram extremists, pledging the government full support to ensure their defeat. But the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, also said the
A 24-year-old Bremerton man told a Washington State trooper he was not wearing pants because he had recently received a body wax. After the “manzilian” or Brazilian hair removal for men, he said his jeans irritated his skin so he
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Hunter-Reay has become the first American to win the Indianapolis 500 since 2006, making a dramatic pass of Helio Castroneves on the final lap to win Sunday’s race in the second-closest finish in history. Hunter-Reay was
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — As Pope Francis made his way Sunday to preside over a Mass in the West Bank, he made a surprise stop at the wall separating it from Israel. Photographers and onlookers rushed over to watch
