U.S. lawmakers expect votes on steps to crack down on Saudi Arabia
U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday the Senate could vote within weeks on legislation to punish Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen and the death of a journalist at its consulate in Istanbul.
Trump to nominate retired Army general as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated a retired Army general to be the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as Washington faces pressure to respond to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
U.S. legislation to urge possible China sanctions over Xinjiang crackdown
U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Wednesday urging a stronger response by the Trump administration to China’s crackdown on minority Muslims, including possible sanctions against a regional Communist Party chief and other officials accused of human rights abuses.
El Chapo is a scapegoat for drug lord who bribed Mexico’s president: lawyer
A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a scapegoat for the real leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
UK PM May’s five senior ministers will back Brexit deal: The Sun’s political editor
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s five senior ministers Dominic Raab, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Michael Gove and Geoffrey Cox will back the Brexit deal, the Sun newspaper’s political editor said https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/106247000519811…
Lawyer calls El Chapo ‘scapegoat,’ says Mexico’s Pena Nieto took bribes
A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a “scapegoat” for the real leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
Factbox: The career of Mexico’s brutal Robin Hood, ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
The evidence likely to be presented at the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will paint a picture of a Robin Hood figure, albeit a brutal one, who amassed a $14 billion fortune by bribery, murdering rivals and smuggling huge…
U.S. lawmakers urge action over China’s crackdown on minority Muslims
U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Wednesday urging the Trump administration to respond to China’s crackdown on minority Muslims, amid reports of mass detentions of ethnic Uighurs and others in the Xinjiang region.
At least 15 killed in Cameroon in clashes between army, separatists
At least 15 people have been killed in a new bout of fighting between Cameroon army troops and separatist rebels, the two sides said on Tuesday, in a rise in violence since President Paul Biya won a seventh term in power in October.
U.S. alone in opposing U.N. refugee text over sovereignty concerns
The United States was the only country on Tuesday to oppose an annual draft U.N. General Assembly resolution on the work of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) because it said elements of the text ran counter to the Trump administration’s sovereign interes…
