WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to federal regulatory power on Friday by overturning a 1984 precedent that had given deference to government agencies in interpreting laws they administer, handing a defeat to … Read More
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) – The Republican lawmaker who leads the House Armed Services Committee has written to the Biden administration formally demanding it shut down its aid pier off the coast Gaza, calling the operation ineffective, risky and a … Read More
SEOUL, June 27 (UPI) — North Korea successfully conducted its first multiple-warhead missile test, state media reported Thursday, one day after South Korea said the North’s latest missile launch ended in failure. “The DPRK Missile Administration successfully conducted the separation … Read More
The mission is intended to combat the country’s rampant gang violence What happened Some 400 Kenyan police officers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday to launch a long-awaited peacekeeping mission. The deployment is the first wave of an … Read More
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt against President Luis Arce, but he vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand … Read More
NAIROBI, June 25 (Reuters) – Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya’s legislature on Tuesday, with at least five protesters killed, dozens wounded and sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed legislation to raise … Read More
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shelled out half a million dollars to fly to a remote island to avoid returning to the American mainland after accepting a plea deal with the US government and being freed from prison. Assange, 52, was freed Monday … Read More
A Chinese probe has returned to Earth carrying the first samples ever taken from the far side of the moon. Chinese state television broadcast images Tuesday of the capsule holding the samples, as it floated down under parachute onto the … Read More
June 25 (UPI) — Israel’s Supreme Court ordered a full draft of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the country’s military Tuesday and an immediate freeze on government funding of religious educational institutions, or yeshivas, that do not comply. The unanimous decision … Read More
Attacks on police posts, churches and a synagogue in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan have left 20 people dead, most of them police officers. Five gunmen were also killed. At least 46 people were taken to hospital with injuries … Read More