United States did not agree to G7 Amazon aid initiative: NSC
The United States did not agree to a $20 million emergency aid package to help battle wildfires announced by French President Emmanuel Macron at a...
U.S. will not release Middle East peace plan before Israeli election
The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel’s elections, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt...
British PM to suspend parliament before Brexit, opposition denounces ‘coup’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will suspend Britain’s parliament for more than a month before Brexit, enraging opponents and raising the stakes in the country’s most...
UK Conservatives’ Scotland leader set to quit: Sun
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland, is set to quit due to political disagreements with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the pressures...
Venice Film Festival director, jury head disagree on gender quotas
“Offensive” or the best available option? The festival director and jury head disagreed on Wednesday on whether gender quotas would help redress an imbalance of...
Mexican arson attack leaves at least 25 killed
At least 25 people were killed in an arson attack Tuesday by suspected gangsters on a bar in Veracruz state. Gavino Garay reports....
Hamas says Gaza blasts that killed three policemen were suicide bombings
Hamas said on Wednesday that explosions that killed three police officers in Gaza on Tuesday were carried out by two suicide bombers and that an...
Trump adviser Bolton tells Ukraine: Beware Chinese influence
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser told Ukraine on Wednesday to avoid being lured into China’s orbit by what he called Beijing’s “debt diplomacy”...
U.S. opens Venezuelan diplomatic office in neighboring Colombia
The State Department on Wednesday launched a U.S. representative office for Venezuela in Bogota, Colombia and said it will continue its opposition to Venezuelan President...
U.S. says won’t release Mideast peace plan before Israeli election
The United States will not release the political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel’s elections, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said...