Dispute over economic sanctions ends Trump-Kim nuclear talks
The leaders had contradictory accounts of why there was no agreement on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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Who will be the winner of the U.S.-China trade war winner? Neither.
The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be the E.U., Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and Brazil.
IMF is wary of governments piling up unsustainable levels of debt
The global financial institution has acknowledged difficulties in assessing the problem among developing nations.
World Bank's turnover at the top tests the politics of international aid
Not surprisingly, the patterns of American and European leadership have been an affront to non-Western nations.
In surprise vote, Interpol picks South Korean for next president
The world's largest international police organization, which was expected to elevate a senior Russian security official to the top job, shifted gears after politicians and activists protested.
Russian tipped to take helm of Interpol despite U.S. political outcry
Interpol's general assembly meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was expected to select a Russian frontrunner.
U.S. midterm elections will revise America's international outlook
After eight years in the minority, Democrats vowed to redirect, block or investigate Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's domestic and foreign programs and priorities.
Global arms trade comes into focus on Saudi role in Khashoggi killing
Protesters urged more attention to global weapons sales in the wake of a journalist's murder in a Saudi consulate at Istanbul.
Trump raises risk of arms race with U.S. exit from nuclear treaty
The Trump administration announced plans to withdraw the United States from the INF Treaty of 1987, and blamed Russia.
Interpol chief is discovered in Chinese detention and quits his post
Meng Hongwei turned up in police custody and submitted his resignation while under investigation on unspecified corruption charges by China's ruling Communist Party.
Nations agree to fishing ban allowing Arctic marine protections
Concerns about climate change's rapid rate of advance in the far north drove three years of talks on commercial fishing.
Trump calls U.N. 'unaccountable' in boastful attack on multilateralism
At the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a vicious attack on the U.S.-hosted world body that he described as a largely usesless "global bureaucracy."
Syrian buffer zone for Idlib region is latest use of an old diplomatic tool
The concept of a demilitarization zone, like the one planned for Idlib, goes back almost a half-millennium to Europe's rules on demolishing forts or prohibiting their reconstruction.
High seas treaty moves a step closer to reality among U.N. delegates
Diplomats, experts and international organizations are negotiating a new treaty aimed at protecting the rich biodiversity of open oceans against commercial pressures.
Evidence of election meddling competes with voting assistance
Russians and Americans have a complicated history of election meddling abroad but they are not equivalent, international organizations and democracy proponents say.
Modern slavery traps 40.3 million people around the world
The report found the highest concentration of modern slavery in North Korea — and bigger numbers than previously reported in Australia, Europe and the United States.