Pompeo heads high-level U.S. delegation to meet Mexico’s next leader
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior Trump administration officials will meet with Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday, hoping to make early strides on divisive issues like immigration, trade and security.
U.N. Security Council to vote Friday on proposed arms embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that would impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, five years after civil war broke out in the country, diplomats said on Thursday.
UK PM May praises ‘dearest friend’ U.S. as Trump questions her Brexit plans
Prime Minister Theresa May made a determined pitch to Donald Trump for a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States on his first trip to Britain on Thursday, but the U.S. president almost immediately cast doubts on her hopes.
Trump says PM May’s soft Brexit deal could ‘kill’ U.S.-UK trade deal: Sun
U.S. President Donald Trump says that a soft Brexit of the type set out by British Prime Minister Theresa May last week would “probably kill” chances of a trade deal between Britain and the United States, the Sun newspaper reported late on Thursday.
As Trump says Putin ‘not my enemy’, skeptics in U.S. see danger
In preparing for his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump has provoked a rare agreement among Democrats and Republicans alarmed by the possibility of a cozy meeting.
Explosion heard near Cairo airport: residents and security sources
An explosion was heard near Egypt’s Cairo airport on Thursday evening, residents said, and security sources said the blast appeared to be at a structure used to store fuel.
UK police briefly cordon off area near Salibury poisoning
Police briefly cordoned off part of the English city of Salisbury on Thursday near where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned, then removed the barriers after discovering no cause for alarm.
Colombia, U.S., Mexico, Panama seek to combat Venezuelan corruption
Colombia’s Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas on Thursday hosted a meeting with officials from Mexico, Panama, and the United States to share information on Venezuelan government officials suspected of corruption and their support networks.
Chilean police make first arrest in church abuse scandal
Chilean police have arrested a former Roman Catholic Church official after he confessed earlier this year to sexually abusing at least five children, a state prosecutor said on Thursday.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed pledges support for crown prince’s reforms
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who was detained for three months in an anti-corruption campaign under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pledged support on Thursday for the young leader’s program of sweeping reforms.
