Senior U.S. officials consider expanding March rules banning laptops and large electronics from carry-on baggage when flying to the U.S. from the Middle East on foreign airlines.

Xi Jinping promises President-Elect Macron that he'll guard the global climate treaty, and President Trump prepares to escalate the wars in Syria and Afghanistan.

South Koreans elect liberal president Moon Jae-in and two firms accuse a Russian-backed hacking group of breaching French president-elect Macron's email servers. 

Emmanuel Macron handily wins the French election and injects new energy into the European project. And the CDC identifies a strain of avian influenza as the top candidate to cause a global pandemic.

The French presidential election comes down to the wire and a top E.U. leaders takes a dig at the English language in the wake of Brexit.

Russia, Iran and Turkey agree to a Syrian safe zone plan (without opposition consent) and a NATO general warns about the consequences of a US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says he'll seek to redo the country's pacifist constitution by 2020, and U.S. Senators prepare to crack down on Venezuela.

President Trump's pick for ambassador to China promises to maintain freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, and a new survey shows a surge in piracy off West Africa.

The U.N. condemns 'cruel' and 'arbitrary' executions in Arkansas, and the Gaza-based group Hamas seeks to soften its image in a possible attempt to undermine the Palestinian Authority.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes the U.S. campaign to reign in North Korea to the United Nations Security Council.