The Trump administration imposed sanctions on allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and urged regional governments to isolate his regime, but played down the prospects for military intervention.

Iran’s top diplomat, an architect of the landmark nuclear deal, resigned on Monday, hobbling the relatively moderate government of Hassan Rouhani and its chances of keeping the pact alive.

The continued presence of thousands of civilians, including families of Islamic State fighters, is slowing a push by U.S.-backed forces to oust the extremist group from the last patch of territory it holds in Syria.

At President Trump and Kim Jong Un’s second summit in Hanoi, U.S. goals include getting North Korea to agree to freeze weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, and settling on a definition of denuclearization.

Pope Francis strongly condemned sexual abuse but offered no specific solutions, disappointing clergy and laypeople who had hoped for a breakthrough at an unprecedented global summit to address the crisis in the Catholic Church.

Venezuela’s opposition called for the first time on the international community to consider the use of military force against President Nicolás Maduro, escalating a standoff after a weekend showdown over humanitarian aid ended in violence.

For months, signs of danger raised worries among inspectors about the safety of a giant mine-dam perched over a town in Brazil. And yet the safety firm, worried about losing business, blessed the structure. Prosecutors are now looking into collusion between Vale and the contract inspector.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang by train for Hanoi, North Korean state media reported, in its first official acknowledgment of the closely watched two-day summit meeting with President Trump.

The Trump administration decision to keep hundreds of U.S. troops based in Syria was driven by allies who said they wouldn’t stay behind to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State without an American presence, a senior U.S. defense official said.

A high-stakes effort to deliver aid into Venezuela despite a military blockade descended into violence Saturday, with hundreds injured and more than 60 National Guard forces defecting to Colombia.

Saudi Arabia signed a wide-ranging set of agreements on energy and trade with China, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accelerated efforts to court an economic power that offers a potential counterweight to the U.S.

The forgiveness granted to Polish clergy convicted of sex offenses illustrates splits in the Catholic Church over how to handle cases of sexual abuse by priests.

The U.S. military began to revamp its strategy in Syria, after President Trump decided to shift course and keep several hundred American troops in the country instead of pulling them all out after Islamic State has been defeated.

Venezuelan soldiers fired on protesters, and the country’s U.S.-backed opposition leader defied President Nicolás Maduro by crossing into Colombia, raising tensions ahead of an expected showdown Saturday over the delivery of tons of humanitarian aid.

President Trump, citing progress in U.S.-China trade talks, said he is looking at extending a deadline to raise tariffs and hoping to meet next month with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to complete a broad trade agreement.

The U.S.-China trade conflict has nearly wiped out American soy exports to the bean’s biggest market, China, giving Russian farmers a chance to extend their already soaring exports to their neighbor.

Hugo Carvajal, Venezuela’s former military-intelligence chief, urged authorities to allow humanitarian aid into the country and pledged support for opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

The U.S. will maintain a small peacekeeping force of about 200 troops in Syria despite President Trump’s earlier decision to remove all American troops, the White House said.

A fire swept through a mixed residential and commercial area of Dhaka, leaving dozens dead and renewing concerns over industrial safety in one of the world’s most densely populated cities.

Pope Francis denounced a “plague of sexual abuses perpetrated by men of the church to the harm of minors,” and called on Catholic bishops to “listen to the cry of the little ones who plead for justice,” as he opened a summit on preventing clerical sex abuse.

Zimbabwe, which has been using the U.S. dollar for the past decade, effectively introduced its own currency again, admitting that dollars stored in local bank accounts are worth only a fraction of their stated value.

Three lawmakers quit British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party over Brexit, a move that further adds to the precariousness of her grip on power and underlines how the decision to leave the European Union is reshaping British politics.

Several hundred of the last civilians trapped by Islamic State in the militant group’s remaining sliver of territory left, which suggested the extremist group was near a surrender to U.S.-backed Kurdish forces.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia would target the U.S. with new advanced weapons if Washington deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, a threat that appeared aimed at holding the line but leaving open the possibility of negotiations after the breakdown of a nuclear treaty.

U.S. pressure on Huawei Technologies is echoing in the Philippines, where lawmakers worry that a $400 million video surveillance project using the Chinese company’s gear poses national security risks.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has exiled, imprisoned or executed some 50 to 70 people and seized assets as he eliminates critics of his outreach to the U.S. and the South and targets the moneyed elite, says a report.

President Trump gave his firmest indication yet that the U.S. may not increase tariffs on Chinese goods on March 1, as scheduled, despite statements by his top trade official that the U.S. should stick to a firm deadline.

The Kurdish commander leading the fight against Islamic State in Syria wants the U.S. to reconsider its decision to withdraw and instead leave a small contingent of forces in the country.

Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most formidable opponents are in talks to form a united front, and face a deadline this week to declare whether they will join their camps to try to unseat him.

A suicide bombing in the heart of Egypt’s capital killed two police officers late Monday, the third attack in four days on the country’s security forces, as they carry out a yearslong campaign against extremist groups.

The U.S. is considering opening a liaison office in North Korea, in what would be another potential step toward normalizing relations while the two sides negotiate to curtail Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile forces, according to a Trump administration official.

As trade negotiations with China resume, the Trump administration is racing to strike a deal that will result in long-term reforms—and prove that tariffs are an effective battering ram to open markets around the world.

A divided America was on display this weekend in Munich where Vice President Mike Pence and Democrats offered competing visions of the trans-Atlantic relationship that could shape the world for years to come.

Home prices are slumping in a number of smaller cities across China and officials express deepening concern with financial risks from years of rising property debt, illustrating why property sales aren’t expected to help bail out the economy as overall growth slows this year.

Nigeria’s electoral commission delayed the presidential vote for a week, making the announcement five hours before polls were due to open for what was set to be Africa’s largest election.