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Canadian PM sacks ambassador to China amid Huawei row

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday that he fired his country’s Beijing envoy. “Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s Ambassador to China,” Trudeau said in a statement without elaborating his reasons for the removal....

Qatar confirms will no longer pay Hamas salaries

Qatar said Saturday it will no longer fund salaries of Hamas employees in Gaza but will still give aid to poor families, after the Palestinian enclave's Islamist rulers refused to accept wage payments over conditions allegedly attached by Israel. We "will not pay the salaries of the Hamas...

EU nations put Venezuela's Maduro on notice

The European Union and several of its member governments gave embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum on Saturday, saying they would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless he calls elections within eight days. But Venezuela's foreign minister rejected...