Israel’s Netanyahu fights for new term after decade in power
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election on Tuesday that could end his 10-year domination of national politics.
Taiwan says China meddling with elections after Solomon Islands cuts ties
Taiwan accused China on Monday of trying to influence its presidential and legislative elections after the Solomon Islands cut off ties with Taipei.
China signals veto in standoff with U.S. over Afghanistan U.N. mission: diplomats
China and the United States are deadlocked over a U.N. Security Council resolution to extend the world body’s political mission in Afghanistan, with Beijing signaling it will cast a veto because there is no reference to its global Belt and Road infrast…
Trump says U.S. does not need Middle East oil, but cargoes keep coming
Amid a flurry of Twitter posts on Monday morning, U.S. President Donald Trump turned to the weekend attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities and assured his audience the United States had become such a big producer it no longer needed oil from the Middle East. (See tweet https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1173560246863876096)
Trump says looks like Iran was behind Saudi oil attacks
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia at the weekend that raised fears of a fresh Middle East conflict, but added that he did not want war with anyone.
Trump declines to comment on report Kim invited him to North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declined to comment on a newspaper report that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had invited him to visit Pyongyang and said conditions were not ready yet for such a visit.
Attack on Saudi Arabia ‘unprecedented’: U.S. defense secretary
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday the recent attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities was “unprecedented” and the United States, along with its allies, was working to defend the “international rules-based order that is being undermined by …
Chevron CEO: Saudi oil strikes won’t have much short-term impact on U.S. oil production
Attacks on Saudi oil plants will not have much impact on U.S. oil production in the short term, Chevron Chief Executive Michael Wirth told CNBC in an interview on Monday.
Venezuelan government mulls sending lawmakers back to opposition assembly
Venezuela’s government said on Monday it was evaluating sending some of its lawmakers back to the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which President Nicolas Maduro has called an illegal institution, as part of new talks with one opposition factio…
Spanish party offers way out of political limbo, election still looming
The leader of Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos party offered on Monday to break a political deadlock and avoid another election by facilitating Socialist party leader Pedro Sanchez’s confirmation as premier if certain conditions are met.
