The Palestinian prime minister says if US President Donald Trump is re-elected, quote, ``God help us, God help you and God help the whole world.'' Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says the last four years of the Trump administration have greatly harmed the Palestinians. He spoke remotely to European lawmakers on Monday and said that the last four years of the Trump administration have greatly harmed the Palestinians. Trump has cut off hundreds of millions of dollars of American aid to the Palestinians, shut the Palestinian diplomatic offices in Washington, recognized contested Jerusalem as I

Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust. The move is the latest attempt by the company to take action against conspiracy theories and misinformation.The company says people searching for information about the Nazi genocide will be directed to authoritative sources. Holocaust survivors around the world had lent their voices to a campaign targeting C-E-O Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove Holocaust denial posts from the site.

Two former eBay employees have pleaded guilty to taking part in a campaign to terrorize a married couple who edit and publish an online newsletter critical of the company. Stephanie Popp and Veronica Zea pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses. The scheme included sending live spiders, a funeral wreath, bloody pig Halloween mask and other disturbing deliveries to the couple's home. The couple was targeted after their newsletter published an article about a lawsuit filed by eBay accusing Amazon of poaching its sellers.

Fifty-one people were arrested during protests after a former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd was released on bail. Derek Chauvin had been in a Minnesota prison for months as he awaits trial on charges of murder and other counts. He was released Wednesday after posting $1 million bond. About 300 people later marched peacefully near the site where Floyd was pinned to the ground by Chauvin, but tensions rose later outside a police station. Police spokesman John Elder said 49 of the arrests were for misdemeanours. Many were cited for unlawful assembly. One person

Six people have been charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. Separately, seven more people have been charged with trying to target police and the Michigan Capitol. US Attorney Matthew Schneider says political disagreements should never escalate to the point of violence. Whitmer has been praised but also deeply criticized for the state's response to COVID-19. FBI Assistant Special Agent In Charge Josh Hauxhurst says members and affiliates of a militia group are facing charges in an alleged terrorist plot.

The grand jury proceedings released to the public do not contain prosecutors' recommendations about what, if any, charges the jury should file against the officers who conducted the drug raid that led to Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting. In a news release Friday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron said neither the prosecutors' recommendations nor the jury's deliberations were recorded ``as they are not evidence.'' He said not recording them was ``customary.'' Officer thought the gun Breonna Taylor's boyfriend fired was an AR-15 rifleThe Kentucky officer indicted on minor charges in the Breonna Tay

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19.Trump tweeted the update early this morning. Trump's positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks came down with the virus after travelling with the president several times this week.It also comes after he spent much of the last year downplaying the threat of COVID-19.Trump's White House doctor has issued a statement saying the president will continue carrying out his duties ``without disruption'' after contracting COVID-19.Dr. Sean Conley, the physician to th

Authorities in Belgium and another three countries have dismantled a criminal drug trafficking network that allegedly relied on corrupt police officers to ship hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Western Europe. The investigation, which started when a container with 2.8 tons of cocaine was found last year in the port city of Antwerp, uncovered an international network with connections in at least four different European countries and South America. Officials said Thursday that, including the Antwerp seizure, police have confiscated a total 3.5 tons of cocaine imported by the

Canadian troops involved in the six-year-old war against ISIL risk being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iraq. The dispute between Washington and Baghdad revolves around the rising threat posed by Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq, which have stepped up their attacks against U.S. targets in recent weeks. That includes several rocket attacks against the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and a strike on Wednesday targeting an American military base that is also home to dozens of Canadian soldiers. U.S. military officials say the rockets did not hit the base located ne