Gerry Connolly

Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly said on Feb. 4 that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, will be his guest for State of the Union address.

Turkey has strongly criticized a U.S. House committee bill that directs the State Department to monitor the return of property confiscated from Christians in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a bill on monitoring the return of property confiscated from Christians in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.

The Committee will put a bill before the House to provide annual assessments on the status of, and U.S. efforts to return, property such as churches to the former Christian owners.