Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BEIRUT — As Israel announces a drawdown of its forces in northern Gaza, the United States is working to head off a second full-scale war in Lebanon, with Israeli officials warning that time for diplomacy is running out. Israel told Washington in late December that if a … Read more
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump formally ask the United States Supreme Court to rule on the decision by Colorado’s Supreme Court to remove his name from primary ballots because he was in violation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In New York, meanwhile, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Trump’s … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. The filing and Israel’s decision to defend itself at the International Court of Justice set up a high-stakes showdown before a panel of judges in the Great Hall of … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Voting has begun in a high-stakes election in Poland that will chart the way forward for the European Union member on NATO’s eastern flank. The outcome of Sunday’s election will determine whether the right-wing Law and Justice party will win an unprecedented third straight term or whether a combined opposition can win … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) walks with China’s International Minister Qin Gang (R) forward of a gathering on the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023. Leah Millis | Afp | Getty Pictures U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday met with Chinese language International Minister Qin Gang and high … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing, China, June 18, 2023. Leah Millis | Afp | Getty Photographs BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Beijing Sunday on his first journey to China beneath the Biden administration. Delayed by greater than 4 months, Blinken’s journey marks a uncommon high-level assembly … Read more
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has launched into a high-stakes diplomatic journey to China to attempt to settle down escalating tensions between the 2 powers which have set many world wide on edge. Blinken would be the highest-level American official to go to China since President Joe Biden took workplace, and the … Read more