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Now displaying: April, 2017
Apr 28, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes the U.S. campaign to reign in North Korea to the United Nations Security Council.

Apr 27, 2017

Does President Trump even have a NAFTA renegotiation policy? Russia appears to punish Montenegro for pursuing NATO membership and China seeks fugitives overseas.

Apr 26, 2017

China rolled out its first domestically made aircraft carrier on Wednesday, and a top E.U. official says Turkey is out of the running for E.U. membership.

Apr 25, 2017

Ukraine cuts off power to its occupied East, and the U.N. highlights the dismal funding status of its humanitarian appeal for Yemen.

Apr 24, 2017

France's two major political parties lose big in a first round of presidential voting, and a lawyer in the Philippines is asking the ICC to investigate President Détente for murder.

Apr 21, 2017

Media reports from Russia's far east suggest a large deployment of troops to the North Korea border, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing criminal charges against Wikileaks' Julian Assange.

Apr 20, 2017

President Trump's 'bluff' about a Navy carrier group heading to the Koreas is causing a stir in the South Korean presidential election, and reduced consumer demand prompts Emirates Airlines to pare back flights to the US.

Apr 19, 2017

Venezuela braces for 'the mother of all protests,' the State Department says Iran remains complaint with the 2015 nuclear deal and could e-sports soon be in the Olympic Games?

Apr 18, 2017

British Prime Minister Theresa May attempts to strengthen her Brexit push through  new elections, and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley decries the arrest, torture and apparent killing of gay men in Chechnya. 

Apr 17, 2017

A constitutional referendum in Turkey could allow President Reccep Erdogan to rule until 2029, and rumors swirl that North Korea "debuted" fake missiles during a military parade.

Apr 13, 2017

Disgraced U.N. peacekeepers prepare to depart Haiti, and is North Korea preparing for a massive new nuclear test?

Apr 12, 2017

Secretary Tillerson squares off with Russia's foreign minister and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is running for president again.

Apr 11, 2017

G7 ministers have wrapped up meeting in Italy. There was agreement on Ukraine, but mixed messages on Ukraine and climate change.

Apr 10, 2017

While the world was focused on Syria, a pair of protest movements swelled in Serbia and Hungary.

Apr 7, 2017

Russia and Syria respond to unilateral U.S. strikes on a Syrian air force base on Thursday evening.

Apr 5, 2017

Citing shoddy information from the early 2000's, the U.S. cuts funding for the U.N. Population Fund, which provides maternal heath services around the world. 

Apr 4, 2017

The U.S. weighs its response to report of a chemical weapons attack on northwestern Syria.

Apr 3, 2017

President Trump rolls out the red carpet for Egyptian President Sisi, and elections in Ecuador hand South American socialists a rare victory.

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