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Now displaying: July, 2017
Jul 31, 2017

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro uses controversial elections to hold onto power as the US condemns the vote and vows new sanctions.

Jul 28, 2017

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns, and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pushes ahead with plans for a controversial election on Sunday.

Jul 27, 2017

Russia inks a deal with Syria to keep its air base there for the next 49 years, and a new study links violence in Central America to adolescent migration to the US.

Jul 26, 2017

A new study underscores the health risks associated with contact sports – and it's not just professional athletes who are affected.

Jul 25, 2017

Analysts predict that a global oil glut will drag on through 2018 as production increases outpace demand.

Jul 24, 2017

President Trump's pledge to achieve 4 percent GDP growth just got more challenging, as the IMF cuts the US growth forecast to 2.1 percent. 

Jul 21, 2017

EU officials wrestle over whether to punish Poland over new Supreme Court restrictions, and the UN measures progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Jul 20, 2017

The Treasury Department fines ExxonMobil $2 million for signing deals with a sanctioned Russian official during Rex Tillerson's time as CEO.

Jul 19, 2017

A new State Department report accuses Iran of being the world's top state sponsor of terrorism, and Benjamin Netanyahu falls victim to the 'hot mic.'

Jul 18, 2017

A new report documents a major increase in civilian casualties in President Trump's fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Jul 17, 2017

The new head of the World Health Organization says universal healthcare coverage is a human right. And a new study finds US healthcare lags behind ten other developed nations.

Jul 14, 2017

During a visit to France, President Trump suggests the U.S. could remain in the Paris Agreement after all. And aid groups launch a joint campaign to tackle famine in four countries.

Jul 13, 2017

The US envoy to the Middle East claims victory in brokering a deal in which Israel will sell water to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the world's largest solar plant comes online.

Jul 12, 2017

Chinese troops deploy to the country's first overseas military base, Rex Tillerson tries shuttle diplomacy to ease the Qatar crisis, and a near miss at SFO.

Jul 11, 2017

President Trump's scheduled visit to the United Kingdom has been postponed for 2018, and a South Korean legislator claims North Korea's missile test was less than it appeared.

Jul 10, 2017

The Trump administration commits $639 million to address famine in four countries, and Ukraine seeks to speed up the NATO membership process.

Jul 7, 2017

The E.U. and Japan stole the headlines at the G20 summit on Thursday, showing off a brand new free trade deal that compares with NAFTA is scope and scale.

Jul 6, 2017

Nikki Haley threatened North Korea with military force on Wednesday, but experts believe such a strategy is no more attractive now than it's ever been.

Jul 5, 2017

France follows Italy's lead in mandating vaccines for children after a recent measles outbreak, and the EU and Japan demonstrate that major free trade deals are still possible.

Jul 3, 2017

Five African countries say they'll each deploy a thousand troops to battle jihadis in Mali, and Al-Jazeera pushes back against demands to shutter the global news network.

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