President Donald Trump told Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras that he supported a “responsible debt relief” plan for Greece, as he welcomed to the White House the leader who once described him as “evil.”

President Donald Trump's third attempt to implement a travel ban has, for now, met the same fate as the previous two: blocked by litigation in the the federal courts.

Until Tuesday, the North American Free Trade Agreement looked like it might be headed for a quick demise. Now, it could be headed for a slow, painful one.

More from WPR: What’s at Stake in the NAFTA Talks

Well, it took almost a year, but we now have the “Trump Doctrine.” It’s very simple. And, as you’d expect, it fits neatly into a tweet. On nearly every major issue, President Trump’s position is: “Obama built it. I broke it. You fix it.”

As President Trump prepares to head to Asia next month for his most important overseas trip yet, foreign intelligence services are undoubtedly trying to assemble personality profiles to explain this unconventional, risk-taking, domineering president to the leaders he will meet.

The U.S. sought to stay on the sidelines as an all-out battle broke out between two of its closest ground partners in the campaign against Islamic State and raised concerns about a broader civil conflict erupting in Iraq.

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, will meet Donald Trump on Tuesday in an official visit to Washington that has caught many by surprise.

Two suspected U.S. drone strikes on Tuesday killed 11 people on the mountainous Pakistan-Afghanistan border, following a strike a day earlier that killed 20, government and militant sources said.

Mexico is steeling itself for the increasing possibility that the United States will pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, envisioning how the Mexican economy would adapt without the deal that has guided relations between the neighbors for a quarter-century.

More from WPR: Can a Renegotiated NAFTA Bridge the Gap Between the ‘Two Mexicos’?

The EU’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, will fly to Washington to address the sharp disagreement between European powers and U.S. President Donald Trump over the Iran nuclear accord.

More from WPR: Iran May Have a Lot of Friends in a Future Sanctions Fight With the United States

A U.S. delegation arrived in Ankara for talks aimed at resolving a diplomatic dispute that spat that resulted in the two countries suspending the issuance of travel visas to the other's citizens, a senior Turkish official said Monday.

More from WPR: How Turkey Went From Being a Strategic Asset to a Liability

The Bahraini armed forces has agreed to purchase 16 upgraded F-16 fighter planes—for a total of $3.8 billion—from U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, Bahrain’s official news agency reported Tuesday.

The U.S. on Monday officially opened a new embassy in Chad, just weeks after facing pushback for including the African country, a key counterterrorism ally, in President Trump’s new travel ban.

More from WPR: How Chad’s Regional Military Might Enables Repression at Home

The United States renewed a call for Cambodia’s government to release the country’s main opposition leader Kem Sokha from prison, after parliament voted to change election laws that would re-distribute his party’s seats if it was dissolved.

More from WPR: Cambodia Turns Against the U.S. as Hun Sen’s Political Crackdown Widens

For years, the United States and others saw this sort of heavy-handed censorship as a sign of political vulnerability and a barrier to China’s economic development. But as countries in the West discuss potential internet restrictions and wring their hands over fake news, hacking and foreign meddling, some in China see a powerful affirmation of the country’s vision for the internet.

In 2002, Congress supported a calamitous war in Iraq based on a previous administration’s spin. It should think twice this time.

Silicon Valley beckons, but EU’s tech investors might want to look closer to home.

President Trump on Monday blamed Cuba's government for injuries suffered by nearly two dozen American diplomats and family members that prompted the State Department to evacuate more than half of its staff at the U.S. embassy in Havana.

More from WPR: Trump’s Hard Line on Cuba Is a Bluff, and Havana Knows It

Rex Tillerson worked on Sunday to reinforce the basic lines of U.S. policy on major international issues such as Iran and North Korea, all while having to combat perceptions that his relationship with Donald Trump has deteriorated to the point the president is, in the words of one Republican senator, “castrating” his secretary of state.

The United States will remain a trustworthy international partner, administration national security aides said Sunday, offering reassurances after allies and members of Congress criticized President Trump for deciding to alter terms for participation in the international nuclear deal with Iran.

More from WPR: Iran May Have a Lot of Friends in a Future Sanctions Fight With the United States

A shale gas drilling boom over the last decade has propelled the United States from energy importer to exporter, taking the country a giant leap toward the goal of energy independence declared by presidents for half a century.

More from WPR: The Hard Lessons for U.S. Energy Policy After the Hurricanes

Pope Francis implicitly criticized the United States on Monday for pulling out of the Paris agreement on climate change, praising it as a means to control the devastating effects of global warming.

More from WPR: The Future of Climate Diplomacy After Trump’s Exit From the Paris Agreement

This far-flung peninsula in the North Atlantic seems an unlikely place for an international trade dispute. But an American company’s scuttled plans to build a quarry here have turned these quiet fishing grounds into a case study of the kind of thorny disputes that threaten to derail the North American Free Trade Agreement.

More from WPR: What’s at Stake in the NAFTA Talks

Until Tuesday, the North American Free Trade Agreement looked like it might be headed for a quick demise. Now, it could be headed for a slow, painful one.

More from WPR: What’s at Stake in the NAFTA Talks

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday defended the results of regional elections, accusing the United States of fanning domestic opposition and dismissing claims of dirty campaign tactics.

More from WPR: After a Dismal Start on Venezuela, Trump Attempts a Sharp Course Correction

The Senate rejected a decision of Brazil's top court and returned a suspended lawmaker to his post Tuesday, in what critics said was the latest self-protection move by politicians accused of corruption.

Can you have a real election in a fake democracy? That’s the question Venezuelans were left to ponder after Sunday’s election for state governors, which saw President Nicolás Maduro’s ruling United Socialist Party sweep to a stunning victory, taking at least 17 of Venezuela’s 23 states and winning 54 percent of the popular vote.

Legislative elections will be a referendum on the reformist president.

Mexico’s attorney general, a close ally of President Enrique Peña Nieto, resigned on Monday, handing victory to a broad coalition of social groups that have demanded an autonomous prosecutor.

If Sunday’s elections in Venezuela proved anything, it is that the opposition to President Nicolas Maduro is caught in a trap: How do you fight for power at the ballot box in a country that no longer plays by democracy’s rules?

More from WPR: Why Maduro Can Stay Afloat Despite More U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela

As offshoots of Car Wash probe fall to other courts, the country’s most famous judge says ending graft ultimately depends on politicians changing laws.

Mexico is steeling itself for the increasing possibility that the United States will pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, envisioning how the Mexican economy would adapt without the deal that has guided relations between the neighbors for a quarter-century.

More from WPR: Can a Renegotiated NAFTA Bridge the Gap Between the ‘Two Mexicos’?

The Chilean government and delegates of the nine ethnicities recognized by this South American country began on Monday an unprecedented process of consultations so that indigenous peoples will be specifically considered in the new constitution.

More from WPR: Mapuche Lead the Fight for Recognition of Indigenous Rights in Chile

In Ecuador and Chile, two of Latin America's most trusted police institutions have been hit by recent corruption scandals, a reminder that even the most highly-regarded security forces in the region are far from perfect.

About 40 people remain missing after a migrant vessel sank off the northern coast of Haiti, authorities said Monday.

Migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States has tapered off in recent years, especially since 2010. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to how much that may change as a result of extreme weather caused by climate change.

President Trump on Monday blamed Cuba's government for injuries suffered by nearly two dozen American diplomats and family members that prompted the State Department to evacuate more than half of its staff at the U.S. embassy in Havana.

More from WPR: Trump’s Hard Line on Cuba Is a Bluff, and Havana Knows It

Venezuela’s electoral council declared pro-government candidates the overwhelming winners in Sunday’s key state elections, even though the opposition—which opinion polls had shown poised for widespread victories—cast serious doubt on the results.

More from WPR: Why Maduro Can Stay Afloat Despite More U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela

A regional leftist leader was killed and burned along with his wife, 94-year-old mother-in-law and driver, officials in southern Mexico said Sunday.

More from WPR: What’s Behind Mexico’s Historic Spike in Violent Crime?

Colombia’s Office of the Inspector General announced it would investigate 36 policemen and 14 soldiers for their involvement in a massacre in which east least seven farmers were killed earlier this month.

This far-flung peninsula in the North Atlantic seems an unlikely place for an international trade dispute. But an American company’s scuttled plans to build a quarry here have turned these quiet fishing grounds into a case study of the kind of thorny disputes that threaten to derail the North American Free Trade Agreement.

More from WPR: What’s at Stake in the NAFTA Talks

Maduro allowed the phony balloting only to preserve the illusion of democracy.

President Donald Trump told Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras that he supported a “responsible debt relief” plan for Greece, as he welcomed to the White House the leader who once described him as “evil.”

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged Catalonia’s leader on Wednesday to “act sensibly” and renounce an independence bid to head off a threat by Madrid to impose direct rule, a prospect that has sent shock waves across the country.

More from WPR: Is Catalonia the Canary in the Coal Mine for National Identity in Europe?

A chastened Angela Merkel warned her conservatives they must compromise to forge a nationally untested alliance in Germany as she heads into talks with other parties on Wednesday after suffering losses in last month’s election.

More from WPR: Germany’s Anti-Climactic Election Masks Problems for Merkel Down the Line

Portugal’s Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa resigned on Wednesday after wildfires killed more than a hundred people in the past months.

When it comes to the internet, where France goes the EU will follow.

Votes in Lombardy and Veneto could strengthen the regionalists’ case.

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, will meet Donald Trump on Tuesday in an official visit to Washington that has caught many by surprise.

Young, dynamic and preaching renewal, Austria's next likely leader, the 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz, is already inviting comparisons with French President Emmanuel Macron.

More from WPR: How Austrian Politics Went From Over-Stability to Unpredictability

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gave the leader of Catalonia until Thursday to cease his bid for independence or face the loss of some regional powers at the hands of the central government.

More from WPR: Is Catalonia the Canary in the Coal Mine for National Identity in Europe?

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker agreed over dinner in Brussels on Monday that the pace of negotiations over Britain’s departure from the European Union should be stepped up.

More from WPR: As the Reality of Brexit Sinks In, There Are No Good Options for the U.K.

Turkey's president was in Poland on Tuesday for talks on international security and on his policies at home.

Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president, has made brokering international trade deals one of his top priorities for the remainder of his time in office. Now he is getting a taste of just how difficult the task is going to be.

The EU’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, will fly to Washington to address the sharp disagreement between European powers and U.S. President Donald Trump over the Iran nuclear accord.

More from WPR: Iran May Have a Lot of Friends in a Future Sanctions Fight With the United States

Italy’s government approved on Monday a low-key 2018 budget which includes measures to raise youth employment, tackle poverty and encourage investments ahead of an election in the spring.

The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, saying his country will not allow Iran to "establish itself militarily in Syria.”

More from WPR: Pragmatism Guides Israel-Russia Ties, but Netanyahu Should Be Wary

None of 47 countries examined met a target of 40 percent of women in public and political positions.

Silicon Valley beckons, but EU’s tech investors might want to look closer to home.

Relations between the countries with the European Union’s strongest economy and its most troubled one have been testy at times, but the bond has held. Yet just when it needs strengthening, the link between Germany and Greece may be at risk of fraying further.

The European Union imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Monday as part of international efforts to punish the pariah regime for its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs.

In a major foreign policy decision, the European Union today decided to review all practical defense cooperation with Myanmar.

More from WPR: The Worsening Rohingya Crisis Is Creating a Dangerous New Reality in Myanmar

The EU’s top trade official has hit out against the Trump administration’s continued blocking of appointments to the World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement body, saying that the stance risks “killing the WTO from inside."

Poland's president has signed into law a bill on funding for non-governmental organizations that critics fear the conservative government may use to undercut groups with missions that conflict with the ruling party's positions.

More from WPR: As Poland’s Populist Government Takes on the EU, Is It Fracturing at Home?

Estonia's ruling Center Party has won Sunday's local election in a key litmus test for Prime Minister Juri Ratas, who has seen his party split into two rivaling factions since he took up the job less than a year ago.

The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on Monday to reduce tension over occupied Karabakh and speed up talks to resolve the conflict.

More from WPR: Armenia and Azerbaijan Are Stuck Perpetually Between Peace and All-Out War

As thousands of people took to the streets of Somalia's capital Wednesday in a show of defiance after the country's deadliest attack, officials shared a detailed account of how Saturday's truck bombing that killed more than 300 was carried out. They said two people have been arrested.

One of Kenya’s s top officials in charge of overseeing the Oct. 26 elections resigned Wednesday, fled the country, and said the imminent vote could not be fair.

More from WPR: As Rerun Vote Looms, Kenya’s Political Crisis Enters Make-or-Break Territory

The leader of United Nations’ peacekeeping operations offered a dire appraisal of South Sudan on Tuesday, saying the world’s youngest nation is sliding further into mayhem with no sign that its antagonists want peace.

In the wake of the Mogadishu bombing, can its embattled government restore trust with its citizens?

Arab efforts to foil the African-Israel Summit that had been scheduled for Oct. 23-27 in Togo's capital, Lome, have met with some success and are multiplying. The summit's theme is “Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel,” but currently no one is going anywhere.

South African President Jacob Zuma appointed a close confidant to be energy minister on Tuesday as his government tries to push through one of the biggest nuclear deals in decades.

More from WPR: A New Leader for South Africa’s ANC Won’t Guarantee a Break From Zuma

At the ripe old age of 93, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s long-serving president, has offered himself as the candidate to lead his ruling Zanu-PF party in elections next year.

More from WPR: Will Zimbabwe’s Latest Opposition Alliance Outdo Its Predecessors?

South Sudanese opposition groups tried to forge a united front on Monday ahead of an expected resumption of peace talks, in the first such meeting since the start of their country’s civil war nearly four years ago, attendees told Reuters.

Rapidly expanding access to the internet across Africa is helping grassroots opposition movements take on once-invulnerable regimes. Many entrenched rulers have a simple response: pulling the plug.

Tunisia will not cut public salaries and subsidies for food and petrol next year, a move which may avert protests but sets the country on a confrontation course with its lenders.

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire set up a body on Tuesday to implement an international tribunal ruling on their dispute over a border running through multibillion dollar offshore oilfields, they said in a statement.

A jailed critic of Rwanda's government said Monday she was detained because she tried to run against longtime President Paul Kagame in the recent election.

More from WPR: With Kagame Set for Another Re-Election, Can Rwanda’s Stability Survive Him?

The U.S. on Monday officially opened a new embassy in Chad, just weeks after facing pushback for including the African country, a key counterterrorism ally, in President Trump’s new travel ban.

More from WPR: How Chad’s Regional Military Might Enables Repression at Home

If this means more fire power, it will mean only more misery for the Somali people and their regional neighbors.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who withdrew from a presidential election re-run set for Oct. 26 saying it should only take place once wide-ranging reforms are undertaken, urged his supporters on Sunday to hold protests.

More from WPR: As Rerun Vote Looms, Kenya’s Political Crisis Enters Make-or-Break Territory

The bodies of 26 people believed killed after an ambush last week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been discovered, most of them with their hands tied and their necks broken, a local chief said on Sunday.

A probable case of plague in the Seychelles, imported from Madagascar, is believed to have sparked the Indian Ocean country’s first outbreak of the disease, the World Health Organization said.

Defending LGBT rights can be dangerous in Africa, where many countries have laws against homosexuality. But in recent years activists have stepped out of the shadows, empowered by the support of the Obama administration and the international community.

More from WPR: What Can Global LGBT Rights Envoys Achieve in the Age of Trump?

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would stick to its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers as long as the other signatories respected it, but would “shred” the deal if Washington pulled out, state TV reported.

Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq surrendered all disputed oil fields to Iraq’s military on Tuesday, retreating in the face of overwhelming force that appeared to halt, at least for now, their independence hopes from a referendum held less than a month ago.

More from WPR: Is Kurdish Independence From Iraq Impossible? Or Inevitable?

U.S.-backed forces in Syria claimed Tuesday that they had full control of the Islamic State’s onetime capital of Raqqa, heralding an end to the militants’ presence in their most symbolically important stronghold and raising new questions about the United States’ future role in Syria.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, will refuse any diplomatic talks with an emerging Palestinian unity government if the Hamas militant group plays any role within it.

More from WPR: The Latest Palestinian Reconciliation Effort Is Their Best Hope for Unity in Years

The liberation of Raqqa marks the symbolic demise of the Islamic State’s three-year rule, but the dynamics that helped fuel its rise remain in place.

Iraqi Kurdistan’s referendum sparked a showdown with Baghdad, leaving Washington fighting the Islamic State and Tehran taking advantage.

Arab efforts to foil the African-Israel Summit that had been scheduled for Oct. 23-27 in Togo's capital, Lome, have met with some success and are multiplying. The summit's theme is “Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel,” but currently no one is going anywhere.

The U.S. sought to stay on the sidelines as an all-out battle broke out between two of its closest ground partners in the campaign against Islamic State and raised concerns about a broader civil conflict erupting in Iraq.

Turkey's president was in Poland on Tuesday for talks on international security and on his policies at home.

U.S.-backed militias said they had defeated Islamic State in its former capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising their flags over the jihadist group’s last footholds in the city after a four-month battle.

More from WPR: After the Caliphate: The Evolution of ISIS

Militia forces affiliated with the Iraqi government seized control of the Kurdish held-town of Sinjar near the border with Syria on Tuesday, continuing a push by the federal government in Baghdad to reassert its authority in disputed territories.

More from WPR: Is Kurdish Independence From Iraq Impossible? Or Inevitable?

Israel is moving ahead with plans for a significant expansion of its settlements in the occupied West Bank, including apartments in the volatile city of Hebron and the first approval of a new settlement in 20 years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, saying his country will not allow Iran to "establish itself militarily in Syria.”

More from WPR: Pragmatism Guides Israel-Russia Ties, but Netanyahu Should Be Wary

A U.S. delegation arrived in Ankara for talks aimed at resolving a diplomatic dispute that spat that resulted in the two countries suspending the issuance of travel visas to the other's citizens, a senior Turkish official said Monday.

More from WPR: How Turkey Went From Being a Strategic Asset to a Liability

The Bahraini armed forces has agreed to purchase 16 upgraded F-16 fighter planes—for a total of $3.8 billion—from U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, Bahrain’s official news agency reported Tuesday.

Tunisia will not cut public salaries and subsidies for food and petrol next year, a move which may avert protests but sets the country on a confrontation course with its lenders.

In 2002, Congress supported a calamitous war in Iraq based on a previous administration’s spin. It should think twice this time.

Iraqi leaders act to retake the city and its oilfields from the Kurds.

Why reconciliation hurts the Palestinian people.

Iranians quickly closed ranks against a hawkish new U.S. approach to Tehran, but Iran’s powerful hardliners are set to exploit the latest dispute with Washington to weaken domestic rivals who are open to the West, analysts and insiders say.

Iraqi forces said Monday they seized a military base, an oil field and other key infrastructure from Kurdish soldiers near the northern city of Kirkuk, as the two U.S. allies face off over territory and oil in the wake of the Kurdish region’s independence vote last month.

More from WPR: Is Kurdish Independence From Iraq Impossible? Or Inevitable?

Lebanon can no longer handle vast numbers of Syrian refugees, its president said on Monday, urging world powers to help them return to the calmer parts of their war-torn homeland.

More from WPR: Terror Attacks Test Lebanon’s Welcome for Syrian Refugees

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah on Monday set out for Saudi Arabia in hopes of helping to mediate the ongoing crisis in inter-Arab relations, Kuwait’s official KUNA news agency has reported.

More from WPR: Kuwait Is Walking a Tight Rope in the Gulf as the Qatar Crisis Continues

Malaysia on Monday rolled out the red carpet for Qatar's emir, who is on his first trip to Southeast Asia four months after a diplomatic crisis erupted between his nation and four Arab countries.

Morocco and the China Association for Industrial Cooperation have agreed to set up an economic zone in Fez offering a platform for various industries.

How it sets the U.S. on a path toward isolation and confrontation.

Xi Jinping has heralded the dawn of a “new era” of Chinese politics and power at the start of a historic Communist party congress celebrating the end of his first term in office.

More from WPR: Can Xi Pivot From China’s Disrupter-in-Chief to Reformer-in-Chief?

Four Islamic State-allied militants died and 10 government soldiers were injured in fighting that continued in the southern Philippine city of Marawi after the president declared it liberated from "terrorist influence," military officials said Wednesday.

More from WPR: What the Militant Takeover of Marawi Reveals About ISIS in the Philippines

Beijing and Tokyo will undoubtedly compete long after U.S. foreign policy has evolved.

A new willingness to use force beyond its borders suggests that a sleeping giant may be awakening.

A string of Taliban attacks on Afghan security units killed more than 70 people, officials said Tuesday, in another show of force by the militants amid a renewed effort seeking possible peace talks.

More from WPR: What Would a Regional Strategy for Afghanistan Actually Look Like?

The situation on the Korean Peninsula "has reached a touch-and-go-point and nuclear war may break out at any moment," North Korean deputy ambassador Kim In Ryong told the U.N. General Assembly's disarmament committee on Monday.

More from WPR: Are U.S. Diplomacy and Deterrence Working at Cross Purposes With North Korea?

Having bested his rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping is primed to consolidate his already considerable power as the ruling Communist Party begins its twice-a-decade national congress on Wednesday.

More from WPR: China’s Xi Looks to Strengthen His Hand at Upcoming Communist Party Congress

Gunfire rang out sporadically and explosions thudded as Philippine soldiers fought Tuesday to gain control of the last pocket of Marawi controlled by Islamic militants as President Rodrigo Duterte declared the southern city liberated from "terrorist influence."

More from WPR: What the Militant Takeover of Marawi Reveals About ISIS in the Philippines

Two suspected U.S. drone strikes on Tuesday killed 11 people on the mountainous Pakistan-Afghanistan border, following a strike a day earlier that killed 20, government and militant sources said.

The new governor of Indonesia’s capital faced a barrage of criticism on Tuesday for remarks in his inauguration speech that some residents and politicians warned could stoke ethnic and religious tension in the Southeast Asian country.

More from WPR: Hard-Line Political Islam Isn’t the Only Threat to Indonesia’s Democracy

Australia plans to ditch its clean energy target aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions in favor of coal power generation, in a scheme that echoes U.S. President Donald Trump’s energy policies.

More from WPR: Is Australia Doing Enough to Meet Its Climate Change Commitments?

The United States renewed a call for Cambodia’s government to release the country’s main opposition leader Kem Sokha from prison, after parliament voted to change election laws that would re-distribute his party’s seats if it was dissolved.

More from WPR: Cambodia Turns Against the U.S. as Hun Sen’s Political Crackdown Widens

For years, the United States and others saw this sort of heavy-handed censorship as a sign of political vulnerability and a barrier to China’s economic development. But as countries in the West discuss potential internet restrictions and wring their hands over fake news, hacking and foreign meddling, some in China see a powerful affirmation of the country’s vision for the internet.

This quinquennial gathering will indicate the strength of Xi Jinping’s authority.

How has the CNRP fallen so far, so fast?

The European Union imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Monday as part of international efforts to punish the pariah regime for its nuclear and ballistic weapons programs.

In a major foreign policy decision, the European Union today decided to review all practical defense cooperation with Myanmar.

More from WPR: The Worsening Rohingya Crisis Is Creating a Dangerous New Reality in Myanmar

Cambodia’s parliament voted to change party laws on Monday to re-distribute seats if a party is dissolved after the government filed a lawsuit earlier this month to dissolve the main opposition party, part of an escalating political crisis.

More from WPR: Cambodia Turns Against the U.S. as Hun Sen’s Political Crackdown Widens

Anies Baswedan, a former education minister and university rector, was sworn in as governor of the Indonesian capital on Monday, ending the most bitterly contested race in the country’s democratic era and one that has raised questions about the Muslim-majority nation’s tolerance for ethnic and religious minorities.

More from WPR: Hard-Line Political Islam Isn’t the Only Threat to Indonesia’s Democracy

Malaysia on Monday rolled out the red carpet for Qatar's emir, who is on his first trip to Southeast Asia four months after a diplomatic crisis erupted between his nation and four Arab countries.

Filipino and Australian naval forces darted across the sea and landed on a Philippine wharf in a disaster-response drill Sunday that reflects their deepening security ties in a region prone to calamities, piracy and territorial rifts.

Morocco and the China Association for Industrial Cooperation have agreed to set up an economic zone in Fez offering a platform for various industries.