World

Jared Kushner has given Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman advice on how to handle theoutrage over Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, according to The New York Times.

Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France’s high taxes tried to march on the presidential palace Saturday.

Protesters in Paris continued to spar with riot police, setting makeshift barricades on fire as police moved in with water canons and heavy gear. (Dec. 8)

Protesters angry at their President and France’s high taxes returned to the streets of Paris on Saturday, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week’s rioting. (Dec. 8)

A stampede at a rap concert in an overcrowded disco in central Italy killed six people, including five young teenagers, early Saturday, police said.

China is preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and United States.

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After 18 months of tests in Australia, a drone delivery service owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. will take flight in Helsinki, Finland.

Authorities across France are bracing for a third weekend in a row of clashes with anti-government protesters.

Outgoing U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she used President Donald Trump’s unpredictability to persuade world leaders to crack down on North Korea.

Heather Nauert, Trump’s pick for UN ambassador, has a thin resume that will come under congressional scrutiny at a turbulent global moment.