]mbassador Nikki Haley warns Iran and Russia that their hands will be bloody if President Assad launches another chemical weapons attack in Syria.

British Prime Minister Theresa May sends a Billion Pounds to Northern Ireland to keep her Conservative Party in power, and Harry Potter turns 20.

Saudi Arabia and its allies ask Qatar to close Al-Jazeera in exchange for dropping economic sanctions, and the U.S. opts out of a U.N. resolution on discrimination against women and girls.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro escapes formal condemnation by regional powers at an OAS summit in Mexico, and the Islamic State destroys a historic Mosul mosque.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman dramatically shakes up his line of succession, and the U.N. declares an end to South Sudan's "famine."

The U.S. slaps new sanctions on Russian and separatist Ukrainian entities. The Air Force downs a Iranian drone in Iran, and high temperatures ground planes in Arizona.

The U.S. downs a Syrian air force jet, and two years of grueling Brexit negotiations formally get underway.

French President Emmanuel Macron announces a new visa program for technology entrepreneurs, and Turkey's President lashes out after criminal charges are filed against his bodyguards.

A new report predicts 75 percent of new power capacity spending by 2040 will come from renewables. And Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan flee to Tora Bora.

President Trump has reportedly let Defense Secretary James Mattis have the final say on troop levels in Afghanistan, and German scientists release open source seeds to combat "big Ag" monopolies.