HONG KONG (AP) — More than a thousand people attended a rally in Hong Kong on Sunday to urge people and governments abroad to support the city’s pro-democracy movement and oppose China’s ruling Communist Party. Representatives of allied activist groups from Canada, Europe and Taiwan made remarks and led the attendees in chants of “Fight […]

MANCHESTER (VINnews) — A massive police response was seen in Manchester on Sunday evening, after a stabbing incident took place. The incident, which was not terror related, took place in in Piccadilly Gardens, a green space in Manchester city center. Manchester Police say they responded to reports of two people injured. One person was reported […]

BERLIN (AP) — Two World War II bombs were successfully defused in the western German city of Dortmund on Sunday, hours after thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding area, officials said. The bombs were 250-kilogram (330-pound) American and British bombs. Authorities initially thought they had detected four bombs, but later clarified that only […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Likud Party submitted a petition to Israel’s High Court on Sunday to block the publication of a legal opinion by the Knesset’s chief legal adviser that could pave the way for the immediate review of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity in the three criminal cases facing him. The […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Sunday that Iran’s missile attacks on two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces was only the start of the retaliation for America’s killing a top Iranian general in a drone strike. Hassan Nasrallah described Iran’s ballistic missile response as a “slap” to Washington, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration by President Donald Trump, according to six people familiar with the deliberations. A document outlining the plans — timed to coincide with the third anniversary of Trump’s January 2017 executive order […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday night to protest their country’s days of denials that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 176 people, the latest unrest to roil the capital amid soaring tensions with the United States. Videos posted online showed protesters shouting anti-government slogans […]

DELAWARE (JNS) — A Republican Party leader in Delaware has apologized for blaming Jews for being behind the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump. Nelly Jordan issued an apology to members of the Sussex County GOP. “After much reflection and thought, I now realize my words were inappropriate. I apologize for raising questions about a […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian province of Ontario sent an alert Sunday reporting an unspecified “incident” at a nuclear plant just east of Toronto — only to later report the message was sent in error. The initial emergency message sent to cellphones of residents in the region said the incident had occurred at the Pickering […]

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was shot dead by Miami Beach police after he stabbed an officer on the iconic Ocean Drive, officials said. Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said in a statement the man died Sunday, and the officer remains in the intensive care unit of a local hospital, in […]