President Donald Trump’s lawyers declined to participate in the House Judiciary Committee’s first public impeachment hearing, set for Wednesday, saying it wasn’t fairly arranged or scheduled. Meanwhile, world leaders are meeting in Madrid to discuss increasingly dire indicators of a warming climate.

The man killed by police after a deadly London stabbing was released last year from imprisonment for terror-related offenses. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump surprised many this week by visiting Afghanistan and restarting peace negotiations.

Several months after breaking off peace talks with the Taliban, President Donald Trump announced that he's relaunched them. Meanwhile, demonstrators in Hong Kong have called for more weekend protests.

President Donald Trump should expect "firm countermeasures," Bei-

jing warned Thursday, after he approved legislation supporting pro-democracy

protesters in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, at least 13 people were killed today as secu-

rity forces cracked down on anti-government protests in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya.

White House budget official Mark Sandy testified last month that two

colleagues quit shortly after President Donald Trump withheld military aid to

Ukraine. Meanwhile, police in Hong Kong are preparing to lift their cordon around

the formerly besieged Polytechnic University.

A Washington-based federal judge established that senior White

House officials aren’t immune to subpoenas just by invoking executive privilege.

Meanwhile, at least nine people are dead and hundreds injured after a magnitude

6.4 tremor shook Albania today.

Hong Kong voters delivered a major win for pro-democracy activists, electing only a small minority of pro-Bejing district council candidates. Meanwhile, U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer must resign after defying President Donald Trump over a SEAL member’s discipline.

The Russian meddling investigation reemerged yesterday in the drama over President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Colombia’s capital is under curfew after Friday’s demonstrations and looting over proposed economic reforms.

President Donald Trump’s former top Russia aide warned against the

“fictional narrative” that Ukraine meddled in U.S. elections. Meanwhile, Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back against the criminal charges he’s

now facing.

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. envoy to the EU, said he “followed the

president’s orders” when he pressured Ukraine to probe Donald Trump’s political

rivals. Meanwhile, Prince Andrew announced that he’ll step away from public life

amid criticism over his ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.