The timing was most fortuitous. Three weeks after Saudi Arabia's 81-year-old King Salman welcomed America's 71-year-old President Trump to considerable fanfare, then watched as the latter stumbled his way across Europe -- notably being successfully hand-wrestled by the 39-year-old President of France -- the Saudi King has elevated his 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman Al-Saud to the position of crown prince and heir to the throne.
Ethiopia, a leading world coffee producer, could lose up to 60% of its suitable coffee farming land by the end of this century because of climate change, a study finds.
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, was admitted to hospital Tuesday evening as a "precautionary measure," Buckingham Palace has told CNN.
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, arrived in Israel on Wednesday for meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokeswoman for the US Embassy told CNN.
For months, President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and top aides have staked any progress dealing with North Korea's burgeoning nuclear program on China's involvement.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte begged forgiveness Tuesday for declaring martial law in Mindanao island and vowed to rebuild Marawi, the battle-scarred city at the heart of nearly four weeks of fighting between Philippines forces and ISIS-affiliated militants.
The driver of the van that plowed into pedestrians near a mosque in north London is being named as Darren Osborne, 47, a resident of Cardiff in Wales, according to multiple UK media outlets.
When Petro Poroshenko visited the White House on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president wasn't greeted by the traditional pomp and circumstance that comes with a foreign leader meeting with the President of the United States.
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet flew within five feet of a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft on Monday over the Baltic Sea, according to a US official, an encounter that was assessed to be "unsafe."