The recent desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and St. Louis, nearly 100 bomb threats made against Jewish day schools and community centers across the nation in just two months this year, and last week's possibly racially motivated killing of a Kansas man of Indian descent provide more evidence that America is witnessing a surge of hate crimes.
A French Holocaust historian who was detained for 10 hours at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport says "The United States seems no longer quite the United States."
US President Donald Trump has announced he wants a $54 billion increase in defense spending in his first budget, taking the country's total military expenses to over $600 billion.
An Indian tech worker was shot and killed in a Kansas bar. CNN's Ravi Agarwal reports that Indian communities are questioning the relative safety in the US.
Two North Korean ministries orchestrated the plot to kill Kim Jong Nam on the orders of his half-brother, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's spy agency has said.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of five security officials for making false reports to him, according to South Korean lawmakers. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed his commitment to a two-state solution and emphasized his willingness to work with US President Donald Trump to achieve peace between Palestinians and Israelis.