As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten Canada with punishing tariffs and the prospect of becoming the 51st state, many politicians and former prime ministers are calling on the country ...

Illinois residents can play a role in history by voting on the new state flag design. Time is running out, however, as Friday ...

KUWAIT: A flag-raising ceremony was held Sunday morning at Bayan Palace, attended by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, along with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh ...

Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago, is expected to be released soon in exchange for the release of eight Hezbollah terrorists by Israel.

Flags in North Carolina and across the nation will return to full-staff this week, following the 30 days at half-staff in honor of the death of former president Jimmy Carter. Carter died at the ...

File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI In 1965, British Queen Elizabeth II accepted a new national flag design for Canada ... the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq told congressional government ...

In Iraq, the two most ubiquitous weapons were ... Brandon J. Weichert, a Senior National Security Editor at The National Interest as well as a Senior Fellow at the Center for the National Interest ...

when the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only and then raised to the top of the staff. Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day. Patriot Day. National ...

A council has cancelled controversial plans to hand out double-sided Australian and Aboriginal flags ... Day. Mr Dutton has said he would consider legislating January 26 as the country's national ...

Iraq has passed a law that would legalise the ... Also Tuesday, at least three officers, including the national security chief of the al-Tarmiyah district north of Baghdad, were killed and four ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s parliament passed three ... Also Tuesday, at least three officers, including the national security chief of the al-Tarmiyah district north of Baghdad, were killed ...

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