Nov 07 WATCH: Pompeo meets with German foreign minister, stressing NATO importance By Frank Jordans, Associated Press Their strong defense of the alliance came after French President Emmanuel Macron claimed in an interview that a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the "brain death" of NATO. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 4:50 News Wrap: Mexico still looking for gunmen who killed 9 Americans In our news wrap Wednesday, authorities in northern Mexico are still hunting for the drug cartel gunmen who killed nine Americans, including six children, in a brutal ambush on Monday. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador insisted the attacks would… Continue watching
Nov 06 Turkey's Erdogan to meet Trump in Washington next week By Associated Press Erdogan's planned trip to Washington had been put into doubt following votes in the U.S. House of Representatives aiming to sanction Turkey and to recognize the mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide. Continue reading
Nov 06 Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on users, U.S. prosecutors say By Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press The complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit employees at the social media giant to look up the private data of thousands of Twitter accounts. Continue reading
Nov 06 Iraq protesters storm Baghdad bridge, medic killed By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The military called on the protesters to stop blocking roads and ports, saying they had cost Iraq $6 billion, and it vowed to arrest those responsible. The U.S. Embassy urged the government to "engage seriously and urgently" with the demonstrators… Continue reading
Nov 06 Turkey captures slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: 9 Americans killed in brutal Mexican ambush In our news wrap Tuesday, nine Americans, including six children, were brutally killed in an ambush in northern Mexico, about 75 miles south of the U.S. border. Mexican officials are investigating whether the attack was a case of mistaken identity. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 6:17 What U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate deal means for a warming planet President Trump announced Monday that in a year, the U.S. will formally withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. The global accord was signed in 2015 by nearly 200 nations pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions to slow the planet’s warming. Continue watching
Nov 05 At least 9 U.S. citizens killed in cartel attack in north Mexico By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Mexican Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo said the attackers may have mistaken the group's large SUVs for those of rival gangs. Continue reading
Nov 05 EU hopes U.S. will rethink climate agreement withdrawal By Associated Press Nearly 200 nations signed the landmark 2015 climate deal to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. Continue reading