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In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is interviewed by The Associated Press in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew,)
June 21, 2018, 4:15 pm
Iran insists US stop opposing Israeli nuke disarmament
Setting out a list of demands for improving ties, Tehran's FM also says Washington must return to nuclear accord, stop providing arms to 'invaders in Yemen'
By AP and TOI staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks during her visit to German Jordanian University in the Jordanian town of Madaba on June 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD ABDO
June 21, 2018, 12:50 pm
Merkel visits refugee host Jordan amid migration row at home
Chancellor tells students that a majority of Germans believe 'we must be an open country,' provided there are some controls
By AP
An English fan makign a Nazi salute at a Russian pub in a video published June 20, 2018. (screen capture: Twitter)
June 21, 2018, 1:32 am
England fans filmed making Nazi salutes at World Cup
English Football Association says police looking for supporters singing anti-Semitic songs at Volgograd pub ahead of Tunisia match
By AP and TOI staff
The US nameplate is photographed one day after the United States announced its withdrawal at the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council at the UN headquarters in Geneva on June 20, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
June 20, 2018, 8:04 pm
UN Human Rights Council back to work with US seat empty
Allies express disappointment at US decision to pull out over 'chronic bias against Israel,' but a diplomat says it could be a 'big bang' that induces reforms
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative image of marijuana plant. (CC BY-SA Jennifer Martin, Wikimedia commons)
June 20, 2018, 10:40 am
Canada passes bill on path to marijuana legalization
Government says it needs 8-12 weeks following Senate passage and royal assent to prepare for retail sales
By AP
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Hall of Columns as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 19, 2018, to rally Republicans around a GOP immigration bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 20, 2018, 8:51 am
Critics say Trump’s talk of immigrants ‘infesting’ US recalls Nazi propaganda
US president tweets that illegal foreigners 'infest' the country – a term employed by Goebbels ahead of the Final Solution
By TOI staff and AP
Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2018 (Turkey Presidential Press Service/Pool via AP)
June 19, 2018, 7:43 pm
US envoys Kushner, Greenblatt hold talks with Jordanian king
White House officials discuss Gaza, seek Arab pressure on Palestinians to begin dialogue based on soon-to-be-unveiled US proposal
By AP and TOI staff
Dan Zafrir, left, and Noa Ovadia, right, prepare for their debate against the IBM Project Debater on June 18, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
June 19, 2018, 9:28 am
Israeli-led IBM project pits computer against human debaters
Company say Project Debater, built out of Haifa lab, able to use AI to conduct complex human practices like rhetoric and analysis
By AP
In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 18, 2018, 6:11 am
Trump confidant reveals meeting with Russian selling dirt on Clinton
Special counsel investigating after Roger Stone says he rebuffed man, identified as Henry Greenberg, who asked for $2 million in exchange for information
By AP
Migrants descend the Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo upon arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (AP/Alberto Saiz)
June 18, 2018, 3:39 am
After turned away by Italy, migrants finally find dry land in Spain
Week after becoming center of political fight, 629 asylum-seekers from 31 countries rescued at sea near Libya dock in Valencia
By AP
Illustrative: Police cars in New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Screen capture ABC News)
June 17, 2018, 3:41 pm
20 injured in shooting at New Jersey arts festival
Four people, including 13-year-old boy, in critical condition after attack at Art All Night event; one of two suspects dead; motive unclear
By AP
Egyptian supporters lift a photo of national soccer team player Mohamed Salah ahead the group A match between Egypt and Uruguay at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Yekaterinburg Arena in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
June 16, 2018, 11:14 pm
Birthday cake for Salah at Egypt team hotel at World Cup
Celebrations for the Egyptian icon although the Pharaohs lost their first game
By AP
Pope Francis gives a speech to the National Congress of the Italian Masters of Labor Federation, in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican, on June 15, 2018. (AFP Photo/Andreas Solaro)
June 16, 2018, 8:39 pm
Pope: Abortion is ‘white glove’ equivalent to Nazi crimes
Pontiff likens practice to Nazi-era eugenics program to 'purify the race,' urges families to accept kids that God gives them
By AP
Argentina's Lionel Messi covers his face during the group D match between Argentina and Iceland at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Spartak Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
June 16, 2018, 7:24 pm
Liberman: Messi missed penalty because Argentina canceled Israel game
Defense Minister suggests the soccer star's skills could have been sharper had team not pulled out of its final warm up game in Jerusalem in the wake of Palestinian pressure
By TOI staff and AP
The official portrait of American diplomat James Rives Childs, who helped save 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.
June 16, 2018, 4:26 am
US diplomat who helped Jews flee Holocaust gets highway marker
While stationed in Tangier, James Rives Childs arranged for 1,200 Hungarian Jews to obtain visas to Spanish Morocco
By AP
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