Politics

South Korea: North Korean and former US diplomats to meet in Finland

South Korean media said Sunday a senior North Korean diplomat is headed to Finland to meet with former U.S. diplomats, this after a North Korean delegation wrapped up three days of...

Slovenian Prime Minister resigns

Slovenia Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned late Wednesday over a Supreme Court decision nullifying a referendum in favor of a major railroad project. "This was the straw that broke the camel's back,"...

Trump fires Tillerson, picks CIA Chief Pompeo to succeed him

WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump has fired his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and picked CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Trump has also nominated Gina Haspel, the current deputy...

Haley: Syria ceasefire a failure; US proposes new resolution

UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is denouncing the Syrian government and Russia for the failure of a cease-fire in Syria that the U.N. Security Council...

China places big bet on Xi Jinping, scraps presidential term limits

BEIJING — In the short space of two weeks, China has announced and now voted with near unanimous approval to amend the country’s constitution and give the party state’s powerful leader...

Turkey to host tripartite summit on Syria

A preliminary tripartite meeting among the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey is expected to be held in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, next week to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria,...

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