(CNN) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on member states to pay their outstanding contributions, as the organization faces such a “severe financial crisis” that staff salaries risk not being paid next month. The organization is suffering its worst deficit in a decade, Guterres said Tuesday, as he addressed the …
LONDON — President Trump said Wednesday that a British teenager killed in a crash allegedly caused by the wife of a U.S. diplomat was the victim of a “terrible accident,” adding that driving on the wrong side of the road “happens.” He made the remarks at a news conference to …
To President Donald Trump, the diplomat representing the U.S. in Ukraine was “bad news” — a supposedly rogue ambassador with a political bias against him. But to those who know Marie Yovanovitch — the former envoy to Kyiv who is scheduled to testify before the House this week as Democrats intensify …
Source: UN General Assembly speeches
Source: UN General Assembly speeches
The president managed a G-7 summit his way — unwilling to commit to clear stances and declining to be boxed in by anyone. BIARRITZ, France — The divisions were laid bare on the first day, when President Donald Trump insisted to U.S. allies at an opening dinner for the G-7 …
If Pompeo has a sense of honor, he might consider resigning rather than fathering the catastrophe that may soon befall Afghanistan. It isn’t hard to guess what Mike Pompeo, the hawkish congressman from Kansas, would say about the Afghan exit deal that Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, is negotiating …
Between despair and laughter, let’s choose laughter this week To the careful observer, the Trump administration’s foreign policy provokes two strong reactions. The first is despair. The Trump White House has succeeded in doing a lot of damage to U.S. national interest. It has withdrawn from a bevy of international …
Swedish Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter, on vacation in her hometown, had already been on the phone with a congressman from New York outraged about the treatment of jailed American rapper A$AP Rocky when her phone buzzed with a notification. It was a new tweet from the president of the United States …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. is tightly limiting travel by Iranian officials visiting or assigned to the United Nations, sparking concern from the world body. Representatives to the U.N. from Iran and some other countries have long had some limitations on their movements. But the new rules for Iranians …
LONDON (AP) — A newspaper in Britain has published more leaked memos from Britain’s ambassador in Washington, despite a police warning that doing so might be a crime. In one cable published by the Mail on Sunday, U.K. ambassador Kim Darroch says President Donald Trump pulled out of a nuclear …
It’s unwise to assume — as some 2020 contenders seem to — that the next president can just step back into Washington’s global role pre-Trump. While many Americans were focused on President Trump’s effort to turn Fourth of July celebrations into a partisan, wannabe-dictatorfest heading into this holiday weekend, with any luck, …
Faced with evidence of nefarious activities by such countries, and pushed by hawkish advisers to mount a military response, Trump keeps stepping back from the ledge. President Donald Trump has long talked a big game when it comes to standing up to U.S. adversaries. He’s threatened “fire and fury” against …