From left, Melody Stout, Hannah Payan, Aaliyah Alba, Sherie Gramlich and Laura Barrios comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. A young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area during the busy back-to-school season, leaving multiple people dead and more

Photo (AP) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized an oil tanker carrying 700,000 liters of “smuggled fuel” in the Persian Gulf, Iranian media reported Sunday. State TV and the semi-official Fars news agency reported that seven crew members were detained when the ship was seized late Wednesday. They did not provide further details on the vessel

U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a joint news conference with their Australia counterparts in Sydney, Australia, August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool The United States says China is destabilizing the Indo-Pacific, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday, charging Beijing with predatory economics, intellectual

The body of a teenaged boy is removed from a Falstaff Ave. highrise after a fatal shooting Aug. 1, 2019. (Kevin Connor/Toronto Sun) A day after scores of Somali mothers pleaded for help stopping gun violence, a 16-year-old Somali boy was gunned down in a notoriously rough North York neighbourhood. Toronto Police were called around

Photo (AP) Saudi Arabia published new laws early Friday that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing guardianship policy that gave men control over women. The changes are a potential game-changer for Saudi women’s rights in the kingdom. The legal system has long

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) meets Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the tech giant’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, U.S. June 22, 2016. Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook (FB.O) to

At least 32 people were killed in an attack on a military parade in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Thursday, security and medical sources said. The attack in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government, was earlier claimed by Yemen’s Houthi group. A Reuters witness saw nine bodies on the ground after an

Workers at the DusitD2 Hotel celebrate during its reopening ceremony since its closure following an attack by Al Shabaab-affiliated militant that killed at least 21 people in Nairobi, Kenya, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer The five-star dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi will reopen its doors to guests on Thursday, six months after 21 people were killed in

Berlin says it will continue diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions with Iran Germany will not contribute to a U.S.-led military mission to patrol the waters of the Persian Gulf, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer confirmed that the U.S. had recently presented its

Princess Haya (right in white) seen for first time since fleeing Dubai as she arrives for High Court hearing Credit: Mark Thomas/i-Image By Steve Bird Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the youngest wife of the multi-billionaire ruler of Dubai, has urged a British court to protect one of her ­children by granting a forced marriage