U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley claims victory as the U.N. slashes its peacekeeping budget, Trump tightens the screws on China and Germany moves to legalize same-sex marriage.

A new NATO report shows weaker-than-expected increases in alliance defense spending. Could member nations make it up to Trump by sending troops to Afghanistan?

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says the country's demands to Qatar are "non negotiable," and the U.N. rescues hundreds of migrants crossing the Sahara.

]mbassador Nikki Haley warns Iran and Russia that their hands will be bloody if President Assad launches another chemical weapons attack in Syria.

British Prime Minister Theresa May sends a Billion Pounds to Northern Ireland to keep her Conservative Party in power, and Harry Potter turns 20.

Saudi Arabia and its allies ask Qatar to close Al-Jazeera in exchange for dropping economic sanctions, and the U.S. opts out of a U.N. resolution on discrimination against women and girls.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro escapes formal condemnation by regional powers at an OAS summit in Mexico, and the Islamic State destroys a historic Mosul mosque.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman dramatically shakes up his line of succession, and the U.N. declares an end to South Sudan's "famine."

The U.S. slaps new sanctions on Russian and separatist Ukrainian entities. The Air Force downs a Iranian drone in Iran, and high temperatures ground planes in Arizona.

The U.S. downs a Syrian air force jet, and two years of grueling Brexit negotiations formally get underway.

French President Emmanuel Macron announces a new visa program for technology entrepreneurs, and Turkey's President lashes out after criminal charges are filed against his bodyguards.

A new report predicts 75 percent of new power capacity spending by 2040 will come from renewables. And Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan flee to Tora Bora.

President Trump has reportedly let Defense Secretary James Mattis have the final say on troop levels in Afghanistan, and German scientists release open source seeds to combat "big Ag" monopolies.

Protesters in Caracas set the Venezuelan Supreme Court ablaze following a ruling that permits embattled President Nicolás Maduro to rewrite the constitution.

A statement of restraint by Rex Tillerson hasn't caused Saudi Arabia to ease its blockade of Qatar. Now, Iran, Turkey and Oman are trying to help.

British Prime Minister Theresa May clings to power by forming a coalition government with an obscure party in Northern Ireland, and Catalonia wants to follow Kurdistan to independence.

Iraqi Kurds schedule a September independence referendum, the U.N. reports civilian casualties in Mosul, and Iran gets no U.S. sympathy over Wednesday's terror attacks.

After a tongue-lashing by Donald Trump over NATO spending, European nations commit to spend more on defense spending, but through the European Union.

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley travels to Geneva to advocate for reform of the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council.

Police funding becomes a core issue in Britain's parliamentary elections after a London terror attack, and Gulf unity erodes as Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic relations with Qatar.

President Trump begins a three-year pull out from the Paris Agreement, and the Philippines is struggling to take back a city captured by the Islamic State.

Among G7 nations, the U.K. economy is bringing up the rear, and the U.S. stiffens the visa application process.