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Unlawful Assembly Declared at Portland ICE Building
Demonstrators returned to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, late Thursday for a second consecutive night and faced off with law enforcement.
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Iran Says US Has No Right to Demand Restoration of Sanctions
Iran's foreign minister in a letter to the U.N. Security Council said the U.S. has no right to demand the restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry’s website said Friday.
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Beau Knows: Isles Use Structure, Young Skill to Advance
Anthony Beauvillier paid the price for scoring when he absorbed a big hit from Tom Wilson into one of the goalposts. He shook off the pain and returned to the game.
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Russian Doctors Say Navalny Wasn’t Poisoned, Refuse Transfer
Russian doctors treating opposition leader Alexei Navalny don’t believe he was poisoned and refused to transfer him to a German hospital on Friday.
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Harris’ Dual Identities Challenge America’s Race Labels
It was just 20 years ago that the U.S. census began to allow Americans to identify as more than one race. And now, the country is on the threshold of seeing the name of Kamala Harris — proud daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother — on the national ballot.
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Asian Shares Track Wall Street Gains Amid Vaccine Hopes
Asian shares were higher Friday on hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine, although worries remained about long-term economic damage from the pandemic.
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Gaza Militants Fire 12 Rockets, Israel Strikes Hamas Targets
Palestinian militants fired 12 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight, nine of which were intercepted, and Israel responded with three airstrikes on targets linked to the territory’s militant Hamas rulers, the Israeli military said early Friday.
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AP PHOTOS: Masks, COVID-19 No Match for Israeli Bodybuilders
Wearing face masks and not much else, dozens of Israeli bodybuilders greased up their bodies as they prepared to flex their muscles under the scorching Mediterranean sun to compete for the title of Mr. Israel and other categories.
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‘Telegram Revolution’: App Helps Drive Belarus Protests
Every day, like clockwork, to-do lists for those protesting against Belarus’ authoritarian leader appear in the popular Telegram messaging app. They lay out goals, give times and locations of rallies with business-like precision, and offer spirited encouragement.
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Biden Vows to Defeat Trump, End US ‘Season of Darkness’
Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a vow to be a unifying 'ally of the light' who would move an America in crisis past the chaos of President Donald Trump's tenure.