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RFE/RL: Reports say Trump to withdraw US from Paris climate deal

President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, U.S. media report. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wall Street Journal: Trump faces instability as Russia probe expands to inner circle

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, returning from his first overseas trip, on May 30 faced a new set of realities in Washington that have beset his …
Wall Street Journal

Washington Post: Trump on NATO funding – still misleading after months of fact checks

Back in March 2016, The Fact Checker reviewed a series of inaccurate statements that then-candidate Trump made about the funding of NATO, the North …
Washington Post

Reuters: At least 80 killed, 350 wounded in Kabul blast

At least 80 people were killed and 350 wounded in Kabul on May 31 when a powerful vehicle-borne bomb exploded in the middle of the Afghan capital, a …
Reuters

New York Times: Trump’s personal lawyer refuses to cooperate with congressional inquiries

WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, said on May 30 that he was refusing to cooperate with House and Senate intelligence …
New York Times

Associated Press: Source says Flynn agrees to provide documents to Senate panel

WASHINGTON – Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will provide documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its probe into …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Norwegian troops complete NATO deployment in Lithuania

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuanian defense officials say the arrival of 200 troops and 60 combat vehicles from Norway has completed a multinational NATO …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Merkel says US relations important, but must also look elsewhere

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country’s relations with the United States are of “outstanding importance” but it must also engage …
Associated Press

New York Times: Investigation turns to Kushner’s motives in meeting with a Putin ally

WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was looking for a direct line to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia — a …
New York Times

Reuters: North Korea warns of ‘bigger surprise’ for US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a new ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system and ordered the development …
Reuters

Reuters: Trump, Macron and election – what prompted Merkel’s blunt Munich speech

For German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who often pulls her rhetorical punches, her weekend message signaling a shift in the post-war order was …
Reuters

Washington Post: Military’s influence in National Security Council could shift US foreign policy

When President Trump’s top foreign policy advisers gathered ­recently at the White House to discuss plans to revamp the administration’s Afghanistan …
Washington Post

Reuters: Corruption arrests rock Moldova’s pro-EU coalition

A minister in Moldova’s pro-European government and two of his deputies resigned on May 29, after their party withdrew from the ruling coalition over …
Reuters

Reuters: North Korea fires Scud-class ballistic missile, Japan protests

North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile on May 29 that landed in the sea off its east coast, the latest in a fast-paced series of …
Reuters

New York Times: Wary of Trump, Merkel says United States is less reliable

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Europe’s most influential leader, has concluded, after three days of trans-Atlantic meetings, that the …
New York Times

Reuters: After summits with Trump, Merkel says Europe must take fate into own hands

Europe can no longer completely rely on its allies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on May 28, pointing to bruising meetings of G7 wealthy …
Reuters

Reuters: European allies see the two sides of Trump

In Sicily, Donald Trump listened attentively during complex G7 debates over trade and climate change, smiled for the cameras, and for the most part …
Reuters

Deutsche Welle: Newspaper reports Manchester bomber’s brother plotted attack on UN envoy

The 20-year-old brother of the Manchester bomber was allegedly part of a jihadist cell that was planning to target Martin Kobler (pictured above) – …
Deutsche Welle
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