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Iraq

Baghdad's ballot box storage site goes up in smoke

A storage site housing half of Baghdad's ballot boxes from the country's general election caught fire on Sunday. It comes just days after parliament ordered a national recount

World News

G7 to launch rapid response unit against 'hostile' states

It comes in the wake of a series of attacks — including the poisoning of Sergei Skripal — blamed on Russia.

China

US consular staff in Chinese city evacuated amid sonc attack scare

Staff in Guangzhou complained of symptoms similar to those experienced by diplomatic staff in Cuba last year.

USA

Twitter mocks Trump over giant letter from Kim Jong-un

Trump described the letter, hand-delivered by senior North Korean official Kim Yong-chol, as “very nice” before admitting that he hadn’t actually read it.

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Europe News

Europe looks to take lead as US relationship takes turn for worse

With Washington proving something of an unreliable ally of late, the EU is looking at its own diplomacy and how it can occupy the world stage, without its big brother across the Atlantic.

Russia

Macron and Putin lament cancellation of US-North Korea summit

The French and Russian presidents met in St. Petersburg

World

EU Ambassador talks peace, trade and friendship with the UAE

To discuss Europe’s historical trade ties and cultural exchange with the Emirates’, the EU’s Ambassador to the UAE, Patrizio Fondi, sat down with Inspire for an exclusive interview

Bulgaria

EU commits to Iran deal and demands US tariff exemptions at Balkans summit

European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov briefed the press following the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia.

World News

Trump nominates US ambassador to EU: What you need to know

President Donald Trump nominated Gordon D. Sondland to become the next US ambassador to the EU, nearly a year and a half after the previous one was let go.

USA

Watch again: Trump and Merkel hold joint press conference

Trump and Merkel addressed the media after talks in the White House.

South Korea

Making history with a handshake.

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in have signed a declaration stating there will be "no more war on the Korean Peninsula" and heralding "a new era of peace."

South Korea

What to expect from the historic Korea border summit

From who is attending, to what they will be talking about and what they will be eating.

USA

Watch: How the hands did all the talking at the Macron-Trump summit

Macron and Trump's friendship was on full display with tight grips, encouraging pats on the back and warm embraces.

USA

Watch again: French President Macron addresses US Congress

"Iran shall never possess any nuclear weapons."

Russia

Russia responds to diplomatic expulsions by summoning 23 ambassadors

Heads of diplomatic missions in Moscow told to expect retaliation.

Russia

Russia says this convinced European countries to expel its diplomats

Russia says the "notorious classified files" prompted foreign governments to expel its diplomats.

Europe News

I will carry on and I'll be soon in North Korea - MEPs 'secret' diplomacy with Koreas

MEP Nirj Deva says after 15 meetings in three years, that there is an appetite for peace in North Korea.

Belgium

NATO expels Russian diplomats

NATO chief says Russia underestimates unity of alliance over nerve agent attack in UK

China

North Korean leader's visit to China confirmed

Kim Jong-un makes "unofficial" visit to Beijing according to Chinese state media - ending days of speculation

Russia

Euroviews. The West must cut Russia's financial roots | View

Western coordinated action against Russia has been taken to a new level, now it's time to follow the money, writes the Atlantic Council's Anders Åslund.