The U.S. has promised to vote against any resolution that would seek to grant the Palestinians full membership in the United Nations after a General Assembly resolution passed with significant support from member states. “Our vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood,” U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N. Robert Wood…

The Scottish government on Friday confirmed a case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease, at a farm in the southwest of the country, the first British case of the disease in over two years.The government has imposed precautionary movement restrictions at impacted premises and on…

Two environmental activists targeted the original Magna Carta in the United Kingdom during a protest seeking to raise awareness of climate change.Rev. Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, a retired biology teacher, were both arrested after they attacked a glass case containing the historical document at the British Library…

FIRST ON FOX – U.S. troops in the West African country of Chad are ‘accounted for’ after multiple reports of gunfire and five alleged deaths, Fox News Digital has learned.  Various videos have been posted on social media which show rifles and even what appears to be truck-mounted heavy weapons…

Eden Golan is in Sweden for the Eurovision Song Contest, but she is not seeing much of the country.The 20-year-old Israeli singer is surrounded by security as she travels between her hotel and the contest venue in the city of Malmö. According to Israel’s public broadcaster, she practiced singing while…

In Canoas, Brazil, hundreds of volunteers have established a temporary dog shelter in an abandoned warehouse to care for dogs affected by recent floods.The volunteers provide medical treatment and food to sick, hungry or injured dogs with the goal of reuniting them with their owners.Floods in Rio Grande do Sul…

The World Health Organization and global leaders have acknowledged the need for improvement in pandemic responses.Efforts are underway to finalize a pandemic treaty to establish guidelines for future pandemic responses.There are concerns about the lack of consequences for countries that do not comply with the treaty.After the coronavirus pandemic triggered…

The U.S. congressional committee on China has directed the Georgia Institute of Technology to provide details of its collaboration with Tianjin University.Tianjin University is a Chinese institution facing U.S. government restrictions due to alleged ties to the country’s military.Tianjin University was added to the Commerce Department’s export restrictions list in…

Anzhelika Sharonova and her 86-year-old mother held out in their battered eastern Ukrainian town for as long as they could before finally fleeing this week with just a few bags between them.Russian forces are steadily advancing north and south of Toretsk as they press on multiple parts of the eastern…

High-level mediation talks on South Sudan were launched Thursday in Kenya with African presidents calling for an end to a conflict that has crippled the country’s economy for years.South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir thanked his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, for hosting the talks and said that his government would negotiate…