Experts see risks in US plan to dismantle NKorea’s nukes

As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prepares to travel this week to North Korea, experts cautioned that the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the North’s nuclear weapons and missiles in a year is both unrealistic and risky.

Palestinians planning mass protests against Trump’s peace plan

Palestinian activists in the West Bank said over the weekend they have received a green light from the Palestinian Authority to organize protests against US President Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-unveiled plan for peace in the Middle East.

Saudi king said will boost oil output if needed: White House

The leader of Saudi Arabia promised President Donald Trump that he can raise oil production if needed and the country has 2 million barrels per day of spare capacity, the White House said on Saturday, rowing back on an earlier Trump tweet that appeared to suggest the Saudis had agreed to boost output by that amount.

Pence tells Central American leaders to end migrant ‘exodus’

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told the leaders of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador on Thursday to end an ‘exodus’ of illegal immigrants to the United States, urging them to dissuade people from even considering entering the country unlawfully.

Trump will demand of Putin a total Iranian exit from Syria — report

US President Donald Trump intends to demand from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a full Iranian pullout from Syria territory, making the subject a priority in talks between the two leaders planned for next month, the Arabic-language Al-Hayat newspaper reported Thursday.

Retirement ends Anthony Kennedy’s tenure as nation’s decider-in-chief

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the 81-year-old jurist, who announced his retirement Wednesday, has been the decider in chief on most of the major controversial cases to reach the Supreme Court ever since 2006, which was when the court’s balance shifted to him after Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement.

Trump-Putin summit set for July

Washington and Moscow agreed Wednesday to a summit next month between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a powwow that is guaranteed to provoke criticism from Mr. Trump’s critics at home and in foreign capitals.

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