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Now displaying: May, 2018
May 31, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues meetings with a top North Korean diplomat in New York, and the U.S. is set to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the E.U., Canada and Mexico.

May 30, 2018

A top North Korean diplomat heads to New York for meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Ukraine fakes the death of a Russian journalist to help catch his assassin.

May 24, 2018

Dutch investigators pin blame on the Russian army for the shoot-down of MH17, Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the IAEA says Iran remains in compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal.

May 23, 2018

The World Health Organization says the coming weeks will be key in determining whether an Ebola outbreak in the Congo turns into a regional health crisis.

May 22, 2018

Russia's parliament passes a watered down counter-sanctions bill targeting the U.S., and North Korea prepares to demolish a nuclear test site in a ceremony for foreign reporters.

May 21, 2018

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro secures another six years in office in a widely-criticized election in which two top opposition candidates were banned.

May 18, 2018

The UN's top human rights officials disputes Israel's claim that it sought to minimize deaths during clashes at the Gaza border on Monday.

May 17, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron concedes European businesses will have the final say about doing business with Iran, and a new Ebola outbreak reaches a major city in central Africa.

May 16, 2018

European leaders seek to limit the impact of threatened US sanctions if businesses keep doing business with Iran.

 
May 15, 2018

The US blocks a UN Security Council resolution that called for an investigation into the deaths of least 60 Palestinians on Monday.

May 14, 2018

US officials join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to open the American embassy in Jerusalem, and the World Health Organization launches a campaign to eliminate trans fats worldwide.

May 11, 2018

Russia backs off a plan to send advanced missile systems to Syria, and France's finance minister says the country won't be a US 'vassal' when it comes to setting policy with Iran.

May 10, 2018

American hostages return from North Korea, Malaysia's new 92-year-old prime minister and Israel strikes targets in Syria once again.

May 9, 2018

World leaders respond with concern to Trump's pullout of the Iran nuclear deal, and Kim Jong Un tells China it will pursue "phased" denuclearization in talks with the US.

May 7, 2018

Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for the fourth time and says Russia's growth hinges on the country's young people. Those same young people engaged in mass anti-government demonstrations over the weekend.

May 4, 2018

New research finds a greater share of low and middle-income Americans adopting solar energy, and Malaysia's government targets political opposition with a new fake news law. 

May 3, 2018

The Spanish terror group ETA disbands, and Iran's foreign minister says the US is solely responsible if a 2015 nuclear deal falls apart.

May 2, 2018

Mike Pompeo promises to return 'swagger' to the State Department, and China calls on Israel to hand over alleged evidence of Iran's non-compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal.

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