Amb. Nikki Haley throws an invite-only party for countries that did not condemn President Trump's Jerusalem decision in a U.N. General Assembly vote, and pro-independence Catalan lawmakers win back parliament.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley threatens to divert funding to the U.N. to "more productive" pursuits if U.N. states continue to defy the U.S.

Saudi Arabia says Houthi rebels attempted to hit Riyadh with a missile for the second time in two months and Japan agrees to purchase new American missile defense systems.

Russia's presidential spokesperson thanks the U.S. for an intel tip that thwarted a December 16th terror attack, and a new trans-South American rail links is given the green light.

Theresa May suffers a defeat on part of her Brexit deal, Colombia's largest drug gang surrenders and Zimbabwe calls for an end to western sanctions.

British MEP Nigel Farage heads to the EU Parliament to disparage Theresa May's handling of the Brexit process.

Media reports suggest China is building refugee camps along the country's border with North Korea and the World Bank plans to end funding for oil and gas exploration and production by 2020.

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a surprise trip to Syria and Germany accuses China of launching an intelligence operation on LinkedIn.

A prominent German politician floats the idea of creating a United States of Europe, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russian troops in Ukraine are preventing improved relations.

The US bans government officials from Palestine's West Bank or the Old City of Jerusalem, Pope Francis weighs in on President Trump's Jerusalem announcement and Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics.

World leaders react to President Trump's possible recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Germans are more concerned about the US relationship than North Korea or Russia, according to a new poll, and the search for MH370 could be back on.

The US withdraws from the UN's global migration talks, tensions rise after elections in Honduras and an unusual propsal in Australia's parliament.

Representatives of the Assad government walk out of Syrian peace talks, media outlets are bearing the brunt of sour US-Russia relations and Australia turns on the world's largest lithium-ion battery.

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley floats a plan to strip North Korea of its U.N. voting rights, and the U.S. admits some 800+ civilians have been killed in anti-Islamic State airstrikes since 2014.

Two candidates are claiming victory after presidential elections in Honduras, and results are (still) trickling in.

India's internet regulator backs net neutrality, and Pope Francis draws criticism for failing to mention the plight of Rohingya Muslims during a visit to Myanmar.

Honduras is poised to elect a TV personality as president, Catalonians sour on independence, according to a new poll and the Chinese government bans reporting on a disturbing school scandal.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe resigns and the U.N. confirms reports of an active slave trade in Libya.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's future is in doubt after talks to form a coalition government collapsed over the weekend.

President Trump claimed on Wednesday that China had drop its backing for a "freeze for freeze" strategy with North Korea, officials in Beijing disagree.

China says its willing to enter into talks about peacefully resolving the South China Sea crisis, but critics say Beijing is merely looking to buy time as it continues developing contested islands.

President Trump did not air U.S. concerns over a dead crack down on drug users during a meeting with the president of the Philippines on Monday.

A defiant Trump said he wouldn't stay quiet as American corporations as targeted in corporate espionage and subjected to unfair trade policies.

A quarter-billion dollars in economic deals were announced during President Trump's state visit to Beijing on Thursday, including a plan to export Alaskan natural gas to China.