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The appointment of the strikingly beautiful Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece caused quite a stir. The criticisms against her were rife with disparaging remarks, scandalous insinuations, and titillating descriptions.

The U.S. Capitol is pictured ahead of a vote on a revised continuing resolution bill in Washington, DC, on Dec. 19, 2024.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-led funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown, with federal agencies due to run out of cash on Friday night and cease operations starting this weekend.

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was injured during a trip to Luxembourg and was admitted to a hospital for tests, her office announced today.

Donald Trump, the US President-elect, is considering appointing retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg as a special envoy to address the conflict in Ukraine.

Constantinople was the capital of the eastern Christian world since Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D.

European Union ministers on April 22 said Europe must still speed up its arms deliveries to Ukraine, after U.S. lawmakers eased pressure by unblocking a major aid package.

But at a meeting of EU defense and foreign ministers in Luxembourg there was no sign of more pledges of vitally needed air defense for Kiev.

Taiwan will work with the United States to "safeguard peace and freedom" in the region, the island's premier said on Monday, after Washington approved billions in military aid for Taipei in the face of an increasingly assertive China.

Iran and Israel appeared to step back from the brink of broader conflict as lawmakers in the United States approved new Israeli military aid on Saturday despite growing criticism of its ally's war in Gaza.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday approved long-delayed military aid to Ukraine in a rare show of bipartisan unity, while also bolstering Israel and Taiwan defenses and threatening to ban Chinese-owned TikTok.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed Thursday the "urgent" need for the U.S. Congress to pass a new military aid package for Kiev as he met Ukraine's foreign minister.

Blinken held talks with Dmytro Kuleba during a meeting of ministers from the Group of Seven countries — Italy, France, Germany, the UK, the U.S., Japan and Canada — in the Italian island of Capri.