Iowa Considers 6-Week Abortion Ban in Special Session

Protesters gathered in the Iowa Capitol rotunda as the Legislature convened a special session Tuesday focused exclusively on abortion restrictions, where Republican lawmakers will work to pass a new ban on almost all abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.The…

US Calls for Dialogue After North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Spy Plane

Read More The United States on Monday urged North Korea to engage in dialogue after Pyongyang warned that it may shoot down a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane for allegedly intruding into its airspace. “I would just say that we would urge the DPRK to refrain from escalatory actions and again call on it to […]

Nepal Retrieves Bodies of 6 Killed in Helicopter Crash

Read More People unload the body from air transport of a person killed in a helicopter crash belonging to Manang air, at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 11, 2023. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters) KATHMANDU—Authorities in Nepal have retrieved the bodies of all six people killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, including five […]

France, Germany Back Philippines’ Claim After Chinese Ship Incursions

Read More An activist holds a prop with the words “defend West Philippine Sea” during a protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Manila’s financial district, guarded by Philippine police, on the anniversary of an international arbitral court ruling invalidating Beijing’s historical claims over the waters of the South China Sea in Makati City, Philippines, on […]