Jul 03 Refugees, trade and climate are top issues at upcoming G20 summit By James McBride, Council on Foreign Relations The G20 summit on July 7-8 comes amid tensions over trade, climate, and refugee policy and increased uncertainty over the U.S. commitment to multilateral institutions. Read more in this Council on Foreign Relations backgrounder. Continue reading
Jul 03 China's Xi warns Trump of 'negative factors' hurting U.S. ties By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Monday that "some negative factors" are hurting U.S.-China relations, as tensions flare anew over a slew of long-standing sore points. Continue reading
Jul 02 Damascus bombing kills at least 21 people By Omar Etman A suicide car bomber killed at least 21 people on Sunday in a rare attack on Damascus, the seat of power for President Bashar Assad. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 4:30 Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, ISIS's de facto capital By PBS News Hour The Iraqi army is moving closer to taking back control of Mosul from Islamic State militants who captured the city three years ago. U.S. Army forces are joining Iraqi troops in the fight while thousands of civilians, trapped in the… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 8:00 Can U.S. and South Korea share a North Korea strategy? By PBS News Hour President Trump met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Friday, focusing on a coordinated strategy for confronting rising tensions with North Korea. Moon has long advocated for diplomatic engagement and has delayed the full deployment of the U.S. anti-missile defense… Continue watching
Jun 30 Trump says U.S. renegotiating trade deal with South Korea By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday the United States is renegotiating its trade deal with South Korea as he met the nation's new leader for talks also addressing the nuclear weapons threat from North Korea. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Trump says patience with North Korea 'is over' By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Trump railed against the North Korean government as a "reckless and brutal regime" as he addressed the media with South Korea's new president. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 3:30 Who's in and who's left out as Trump travel ban takes effect By PBS News Hour President Trump’s executive order banning entry into the U.S. from six majority-Muslim countries finally takes effect Thursday after months of legal and political wrangling. The Supreme Court issued a partial green light earlier this week by only allowing those with… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 3:30 Iraqi forces reclaim historic Mosul mosque as ISIS territory shrinks By PBS News Hour Iraqi forces have recaptured from the Islamic State group a mosque compound in Western Mosul, a major symbolic victory after months of fighting. The al-Nouri Mosque is where ISIS's leader declared the formation of a so-called caliphate across much of… Continue watching
Jun 29 U.S., NATO allies wrangle over troop levels in Afghanistan By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press More than 16 years into the Afghanistan war, the United States and its NATO allies wrangled anew on Thursday over how to meet the need for more troops to counter the resurgent Taliban and help the Afghan forces break a… Continue reading