More than 100 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to US Secretary Mike Pompeo, expressing "strong disagreement" with the State Department’s new policy and urged him to "reverse this policy decision immediately."

To that end, ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Oman and Bahrain met with Victoria Coates, deputy national security adviser for the Middle East and North Africa.

Just before her family fled the Nazis, 5-year-old Miriam Ressler took with her the one thing that brought her comfort – her doll. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s announcement of the renewal of uranium enrichment at Fordow, as well as high-level Iranian gloating, may indicate that Tehran intends to effect a breakout toward nuclear weapons’ production in 2020.

“It is unacceptable that federal funds could be used to implement an academic boycott that directly contravenes the purposes for which these funds have been granted," groups say in letter to US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.