David Davis has called for a Cabinet rebellion against Theresa May’s ‘completely unacceptable’ Brexit plans, but the PM could be bailed out by a handful…

Washington: The family of Prince has told Donald Trump to stop playing the late icon’s songs at rallies, following a phalanx of other angry artists who have told the US president to pull the plug. “The Prince Estate has never given permission to President Trump or The White House to use Prince’s songs and have requested that they cease all…

UN peacekeepers stand on a watchtower in the Israel-Syria border Quneitra crossing area of the annexed-Golan Heights The United Nations, Israel and Syria reached an agreement to reopen the Quneitra crossing in the Golan Heights on Monday, the United States announced Friday, urging the two Middle East countries to…

UNITED NATIONS — Human rights groups and the United States said U.N. Human Rights Council elections Friday gave abusive countries a seat at a table where they should be called out, as nations including the Philippines and Eritrea won an uncontested election. Eighteen countries, ranging from India to the Bahamas to Denmark, were chosen in a U.N. General Assembly vote. ...

Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the smallest skull belonging to a Diplodocus, telling us more about how these giant dinosaurs grew. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, an international team of paleontologists investigated the skull found in Montana in 2010. It is thought to belong to a young Diplodocus (nicknamed Andrew after philanthropist Andrew Carnegie) that lived ...

Several prominent Israeli politicians said Thursday that the marriage of an Arab and Jewish celebrity couple jeopardized both the state of Israel and the Jewish people, Newsweek reports. The couple, Jewish actor Tzachi Halevi and Israeli Arab news anchor Lucy Aharish, had been together for four years but kept their relationship secret, knowing it would spark a backlash. Halevi, 43, ...

The number of women delivering babies via cesarean section has nearly doubled worldwide since 2000, to about 21 percent, new research shows, CBS News reports. That’s significantly higher than the 10 percent to 15 percent considered medically necessary, researchers said. When complications develop, C-sections can save the lives of mothers and their babies. But the surgery is not risk-free and ...

Toxins that may have long-term health implications for the survivors of London’s Grenfell Tower, and thousands of people who live and work nearby, have been identified in the preliminary findings of a study led by one of the world’s leading toxicology experts, the Guardian reports. Early results of the study by Professor Anna Stec prompted her to privately urge Public ...

Indian Hindu hardliners are forcing meat sellers to shut shops in a New Delhi suburb that is home to global outsourcing firms, saying they must respect the feelings of majority Hindus celebrating a nine-day festival, Reuters reports. The drive against the mostly Muslim shopkeepers in Gurgaon during the Navaratri festival is the highest profile campaign since Hindu vigilantes targeted people ...

Italy’s hard-line interior minister and deputy prime minister sparked outrage on Thursday after announcing a proposed amendment to his security decree that would force “little ethnic shops” to close by 9 p.m., CNN reports. Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s far-right League party, announced the proposal during a Facebook Live on Thursday, arguing that foreign-owned grocery shops have become “meeting places ...