Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - A summit that might have led to North Korea’s first tangible disarmament steps faltered because Pyongyang wouldn’t freeze all of its weapons programs and sought billions of dollars in sanctions relief, a senior State Department official said. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2SuKGL6 via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Israel’s attorney general said he would charge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, a move that could imperil the leader’s April election bid. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2XxmKdx via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Pakistan said it would soon release an Indian pilot captured after his jet fighter was shot down near the border, a gesture that appeared to dial back confrontations between the nuclear-armed states. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2SvheVn via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Diplomatic efforts to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela failed on Thursday as the U.S. and Russia clashed at the U.N. Security Council over two differing views of sovereignty, intervention and aid. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2XxmICr via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - The president’s son-in-law wrapped up a Middle East tour to raise support for an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, a swing that included his first meeting with the Saudi crown prince since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2SzrdIY via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Two Saudi sisters face deportation from Hong Kong after what they describe as an escape from their ultraconservative and abusive family, among the latest women to flee the Middle Eastern kingdom seeking a freer life abroad. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2Xw3mO8 via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - President Trump started a second day of high-stakes talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un by playing down the need for a rapid breakthrough on Pyongyang’s nuclear program. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2IQhMpk via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Pakistan and India clashed over their disputed border, with each side saying it had downed a warplane belonging to the other, in a sharp escalation of hostilities. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2TgopFn via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - In the strongest sign yet that an accord is near, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the U.S. was abandoning for now its threat to raise tariffs to 25% on $200 billion of Chinese goods. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2IHOzgd via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - A firestorm surrounding Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became more damaging as his ex-justice minister accused his top aides of repeatedly pressuring her to drop the prosecution of a global engineering and construction firm. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2Tgomtb via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - President Trump entered office determined to stop what he considered unfair practices by China. But he may now be tempted to settle, like his predecessors, for less-than-ironclad commitments, Greg Ip writes. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2IQhFKq via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Venezuela’s opposition, stung by recent setbacks, is grappling for its next move to try to unseat President Nicolás Maduro. But first, its leader Juan Guaidó has to safely get back into Venezuela, where the government is threatening to jail him. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2TjezCE via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - When President Trump sits down this week for a second summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, he will face a young dictator who has grown in outward confidence as a negotiator since their last meeting. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2GLgOZv via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - The potential collapse of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime poses a threat to Cuba, which relies on Caracas for about 28% of the island’s oil needs. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2NxZJCF via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Prime Minister Theresa May will allow parliament to vote on delaying the U.K.’s exit from the EU if lawmakers reject her divorce agreement, greatly reducing the possibility of an exit without a deal. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2GM0EPp via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Indian warplanes bombed targets inside Pakistan for the first time since the now nuclear-armed rivals were at war in 1971, hitting what Indian officials described as a terrorist training camp. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2NwdcLt via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - Iran’s president scrambled to avert a political crisis from the resignation of his top diplomat, praising him on live TV and dispatching senior officials to urge him not to quit. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2GNBmk7 via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that halal meat can’t be labeled organic, a decision that contrasts with U.S. regulations and expands the body of EU case law restricting certain Muslim practices. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2NzH61u via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - 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. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2NtOBXD via Timothy Sumer

World News by Timothy Sumer - 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. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2GJ8ZU5 via Timothy Sumer