Feb 04 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: Iraqi president objects to Trump's comments on monitoring Iran In our Monday news wrap, Iraqi President Barham Salih slammed President Trump for suggesting U.S. troops might stay in Iraq to monitor Iran, saying Iraq had not been consulted about the possibility and that U.S. troops are in Salih’s country… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 9:51 Scotland's Sturgeon on why failure to reach a Brexit deal would be 'catastrophic' By Amna Nawaz The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union in just seven weeks but still has no plan for the departure. In fact, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, says the UK is “not remotely prepared” to extricate itself from… Continue watching
Feb 04 After months of testimony, jury deliberates in 'El Chapo' drug-smuggling trial By Tom Hays, Associated Press Prosecutors say Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is responsible for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States and for a wave of killings in turf wars with other cartels. Continue reading
Feb 04 European nations raise pressure on Venezuela's Maduro By Barry Hatton, Associated Press A key group of European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president on Monday, piling the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro to resign and let the country hold a new presidential election. Continue reading
Feb 04 Nayib Bukele wins El Salvador presidency vowing to end corruption By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press A youthful former mayor of the capital easily won El Salvador's presidency, getting more votes than his three rivals combined to usher out the two parties that dominated politics for a quarter century in the crime-plagued Central America nation. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 4:51 As U.S. cedes leadership on climate, China steps up Since taking office, President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris accord, questioned climate science, and sought cuts to clean energy research. Meanwhile, China has become the world's biggest investor in green technology. In a new book, "Will China… Continue watching
Feb 03 El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war By Jim Mustian, Tom Hays, Associated Press In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug empire, a former Mexican state attorney general pleaded guilty last month to taking bribes from narcotraffickers. Continue reading
Feb 03 Venezuela crisis resonates loudly in battleground Florida By Gary Fineout, Associated Press As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clings to power, many of the loudest American voices urging on the Trump administration in its campaign to push Maduro out are concentrated in one place: Florida. Continue reading
Feb 03 Pope in UAE for historic trip after call for Yemen relief By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis has landed in Abu Dhabi on the first papal trip ever to the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam. Continue reading
Feb 03 Hate speech, political fissures escalate in Poland after mayor's assassination By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press In this toxic atmosphere, there has been more hate speech and political threats and, most stunningly, an assassination of popular Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, a critic of the ruling Law and Justice Party’s anti-immigrant policies. Continue reading