In Pakistan, a country long dominated by its armed forces, a military dictator has been sentenced to death for high treason for suspending the Constitution. But the government says the special court that sentenced the country's former president Gener...
A year and a half after launching a costly trade war with China, President Trump is calling a truce. Both the White House and Chinese officials say they've reached a phase one trade agreement. Details are sketchy, but the deal includes some tariff re...
India has deployed its army, cut 4G Internet, imposed curfews and cancelled trains and flights inparts of the northeast. Indian authorities wereresponding to thousands of people who protestedafter a Citizenship Amendment Bill passed last night. That...
The longest-ever global climate talks ended on Sunday in Madrid but with not much to show. The summit was supposed to get countries on track to meet the targets of the Paris climate accord. That didn't really happen. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Gu...
The long, slow Brexit story has just sped up. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party just won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections. This morning, he promised to end three years of political paralysis in the United Ki...
Recovery teams in New Zealand are getting ready for what could be a dangerous rescue mission. Here's Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Clement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MIKE CLEMENT: There is not a zero risk with regards to this plan. It does...
Israel is headed toward its third national election in less than a year. The country is politically divided, the prime minister is facing criminal charges, and compromise seems like it's out of the question. Reporter Naomi Zeveloff has more from Tel...
Russia's foreign minister drops by Washington today. He meets President Trump, whose story touches Russia again and again. Investigators established that Russia assisted Trump's 2016 election. Russia's war with Ukraine is the backdrop of an impeachme...
Just before President Trump hosted Russia's foreign minister at the White House today, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a warning. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MIKE POMPEO: I made our expectations of Russia clear. The Trump administration w...
It's hard to imagine Washington more sharply divided than it is today. At 9 a.m. House Democrats announced they'd vote on impeaching President Trump based on two articles. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler described the first charge, abuse of...
The FBI had every right to open its investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. That's the main conclusion from a report by the Justice Department's internal watchdog, Inspector General Michael Horowitz. And this conclusio...
An American graduate student imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges has been freed, just as an Iranian scientist was granted early release from a U.S. prison. Iran's foreign minister tweeted about the exchange. President Trump has confirmed the rele...
The next Olympics are this summer in Tokyo. Russia will not be there. This morning, the World Anti-Doping Agency banned Russia from global sports for the next four years. This is punishment for that country's systemic and widespread athlete doping pr...
Strikes and protests paralyzed much of France today over a plan where details haven't even been released. President Emmanuel Macron wants to overhaul the country's retirement system. Major unions in France's left-wing parties have vowed to fight what...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official today. She is asking committee chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) NANCY PELOSI: The president leaves us no choice but to act because he is t...