Around the World
EU holds ground on Brexit after PM May announces resignation: Commission
The European Union’s position on the terms of Britain’s exit from the bloc has not changed despite British Prime Minister Theresa May announcing her June 7 resignation earlier on Friday, Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said.
Traditional parties see losses in European Parliament election
The European Union has elected a new Parliament that draws less heavily from the center-right and center-left parties that have traditionally composed the majority.
US blames Iran for Gulf tanker bombings, Iraq rocket attack
A senior Pentagon official on Friday publicly blamed Iran and its proxies for recent tanker bombings near the United Arab Emirates and a rocket attack in Iraq.
UK PM Theresa May announces resignation amid fury over Brexit handling
British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Friday that she will resign -- ending her months-long struggle to keep her job despite seething anger from her own Conservative Party over her handling of Brexit.
Europe at crossroads as far right makes big gains in vote
The traditional centrist leaders of Europe have been assailed from the nationalist, anti-immigration far-right and the environmental activist left in polarized, continentwide elections that will force pro-European moderates into forging new alliances.
Trump invokes emergency provision to OK Saudi, UAE arms sales
President Donald Trump used emergency authority to approve nearly two dozen arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other countries, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Friday.
Top Iranian official: Iran will 'defend against any war efforts'
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday his country would defend itself against any potential war that might arise between the U.S. and Iran.
World's rivers 'awash with dangerous levels of antibiotics'
Hundreds of rivers around the world from the Thames to the Tigris are awash with dangerously high levels of antibiotics, the largest global study on the subject has found.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Amid deadlock in coalition talks, Likud set to push bill to dissolve Knesset
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman were locked in a game of political chicken on Monday, with the Likud party poised to take the first step toward triggering new elections, and the former defense minister showing no signs he would soften his demands, join the government, and avert sending Israelis to the polls.
Nasrallah slams U.S. peace plan, calls for unified resistance
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that the day was 'fast approaching' when a US-backed 'plot' would aim to keep Palestinian refugees in Lebanon permanently. He said there was a need to work towards joint 'Palestinian-Lebanese' resistance, according to Al-Mayadeen and other sites that followed the speech. He was speaking on the occasion of Liberation Day in Lebanon which commemorates the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000.

Inside the United States
ACLU, Planned Parenthood sue Alabama over abortion law
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Alabama law that effectively outlaws all abortions, the two groups announced Friday.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi 6-week abortion ban
A federal judge blocked the Mississippi six-week abortion ban that was set to go into effect in July.

Christian News
Evangelical Clergy Meet with Bishop of Coventry to Protest ‘Unconditional Affirmation’ of Transgender People in New Baptismal Rite
A group of conservative, evangelical Church of England clergy met with the Bishop of Coventry, Dr. Christopher Cocksworth, recently, to protest updates made last December to the Anglican liturgy for baptism.
Pro-life movie ‘Unplanned’ is ‘effectively blocked’ in Canada, producer says
Major film distributors in Canada are refusing to distribute 'Unplanned,' banning the pro-life movie from the country, according to the film’s producers.
Christianity in Iraq is 'perilously close to extinction', says Archbishop
An Iraqi Archbishop has pleaded with Britain's Church and political leaders to do more to save the Christian community in Iraq from being wiped out.