L.A. city leaders are in high-stakes negotiations on Olympics costs
Los Angeles city leaders are at a critical juncture ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, with potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at stake.…
Bosnia appeals court upholds Bosnian Serb leader’s sentence | Courts News
Milorad Dodik rejects appeals court’s decision, saying he will seek help of Russia and the Trump administration.An appeals court in Bosnia has upheld an earlier…
How European leaders are reacting to EU-US trade deal | Trade War News
Most European nations welcome the deal, but some slam it as a capitulation before the EU’s largest trading partner.The United States and the European Union…
Do Africa’s leaders have a ‘game plan’ to deal with Trump? | Politics
Former African Union diplomat Arikana Chihombori argues that Trump’s Africa policy is ‘a step in the right direction’.Africa’s leaders have no one to blame but…
U.S. promotes ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ with Japan, S. Korea leaders
President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., this…
UN talks with Cypriot leaders fail to reach deal on new border crossings | News
Negotiations aimed at reuniting the divided island have been stalled since 2017.The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he would have liked more results…
Polls show Californians sour on leaders, fret about democracy
California is having a bummer of a political summer.With the state under daily siege by the Trump administration, Los Angeles occupied by federal troops and…
Church leaders, diplomats, condemn Israeli settler violence in West Bank | Occupied West Bank News
Top church leaders and diplomats have called on Israeli settlers to be held accountable during a visit to the predominantly Christian town of Taybeh in…
Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders meet for peace talks in UAE | Conflict News
Draft deal to end bitter decades-long conflict agreed 4 months ago, but timeline for sealing it remains uncertain.The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding…
White House hosts West African leaders to discuss trade and development | News
Trump is hosting leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal on Wednesday for with discussions to focus on business opportunities.United States President Donald Trump…
Trump hosts West African leaders as the region reels from U.S. aid cuts
DAKAR, Senegal — President Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” at the White House as the region reels from the…
ICC seeks arrest of 2 top Taliban leaders over crimes against Afghani women
On Tuesday, the International Criminal Court (pictured in the Hague, Netherlands, in March) issued its arrest warrants for the Taliban's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and…
ICC seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over alleged persecution of women | Women’s Rights News
Judges say Taliban officials have ‘severely deprived’ girls and women of rights including education.Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for…
Trump administration revokes terrorism designation of new Syrian leader’s group
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is revoking the terrorism designation of a group led by Syria’s new president as part of a broader U.S. engagement with the…
U.S. sanctions 7 senior leaders at Hezbollah-linked Al-Qard Al-Hasan
Debris lies at the site of a damaged branch of Al-Qard al-Hasan, a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes…
Faith leaders bear witness as migrants appear in immigration court
Rev. Jason Cook, a minister at Tapestry, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, wore his traditional white collar and a colorful stole resembling stained glass when he…
L.A. County leaders weigh legal action following violent ICE arrests
Citing a recent arrest by immigration agents that bloodied a man in the unincorporated area of Valinda, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis said she…
‘Hey Daddy’: How different world leaders massage Trump’s ego | Donald Trump News
Describing Israel and Iran fighting each other at his NATO pre-summit news conference in The Hague this week, US President Donald Trump drew an analogy…
Iran holds state funeral for military leaders killed in Israel conflict
A state funeral has been held in Iran for about 60 people, including military commanders and nuclear scientists, killed during the 12-day conflict with Israel.Coffins…
Asian American leaders urge communities to stand by Latinos, denounce ICE raids
As federal immigration raids continue to upend life in Los Angeles, Asian American leaders are rallying their communities to raise their voices in support of…