China hits the U.S. with $3 billion in import tariffs, Israeli strikes a deal to resettle African migrants, and Malaysia's legislature advances an unprecedented anti-'fake news' law.

A date is set for talks between North and South Korea, and the NHL warns that climate change has outdoor ice rinks in its crosshairs.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman hopes to partner with Russia for up to two decades to coordinate oil production beyond the OPEC oil cartel.

Russia threatens retaliation after the expulsion of Russian personnel from two dozen countries this week, and pro-independence demonstrators in Catalonia protest the arrest of former president Carles Puigdemont.

The US expels 60 Russian officials from diplomatic facilities nationwide and a mysterious train arrives in Beijing, fueling speculation of a visit by Kim Jong-Un.

E.U. officials argue the continent's tax structure was 'not designed to cater for those companies that are global, virtual or have little or no physical presence.'

The US levies financial sanctions on Venezuela's state-run Petro cryptocurrency. Geoff Ramsey of the Washington Office on Latin America thinks those sanctions are at best "redundant," and at worst politically self-defeating.

Russian President Vladimir Putin wins reelection for another six years, and European countries lobby for new Iran sanctions in last-ditch effort to save nuclear deal.

North Korea's foreign minister pays a surprise visit to Sweden as preparations for a possible Trump-Kim summit continue, and Angela Merkel gets cold feet about boycotting the Russian World Cup.

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says Russia's involvement in a chemical nerve agent attack on British soil is a 'defining moment' for the U.N. Security Council, as one permanent member attacks another.