White House to Call for New Banking Rules

The White House is readying plans to push federal banking regulators to impose new rules on midsize banks after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank earlier this month, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the preparations.

German police arrest man who attacked 3 people with hand grenade, knife

German police said Saturday that they have arrested a 61-year-old man after three people were wounded in a hand grenade and knife attack in Berlin. Police said the attacker detonated the grenade in the entrance of an apartment building in the Reinickendorf neighborhood of the German capital on Friday night, wounding two women, aged 42 […]

Netanyahu throws shade on Biden after president says he’s ‘very concerned’ about Israel’s judicial reforms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday pushed back at President Biden over his criticism of Israel’s proposed judicial overhaul that has ignited waves of protests. Netanyahu said he has known Biden for more than 40 years and expressed appreciation for the president’s “longstanding commitment to Israel.” “The alliance between Israel and the United States […]

Pakistan bows out of US-led summit in potential move to woo China

Pakistan announced Tuesday it will not participate in this week’s U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation to assuage longtime ally China, which was not invited. The Biden administration has invited 120 global leaders to the summit being held in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday. […]

14 Cameroonians rescued after boat capsizes in Caribbean, killing 3

At least 14 people from the African nation of Cameroon were rescued from waters in the eastern Caribbean early Tuesday after their boat capsized, but three people were dead and 13 others missing, authorities in St. Kitts said. The group had departed Antigua early Tuesday aboard a boat carrying 32 passengers that apparently was en […]