Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., jumped to the defense of her colleague, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, after he pulled a fire alarm during a congressional vote.
Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown.
The president of the European Parliament said Sunday she has conveyed the legislative body's support for the appointment of a United Nations envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus.
Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was transferred from prison to house arrest on Sunday, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff.