Author: Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

China expelled three Wall Street Journal reporters in retaliation for a headline on a column about coronavirus that Beijing said was “racist.”

At the stroke of 11 pm on Jan. 31, the United Kingdom will formally leave the European Union, becoming the first country ever to do so.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called President Donald Trump a “clown” as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time since 2012.

Dmitry Medvedev made the announcement after Vladimir Putin unveiled a series of changes Medvedev said would alter the country’s balance of power.

Iranian media said the arrests came after wide investigations. President Hassan Rouhani called shooting down the plane “painful and unforgivable.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that the US suspects an Iranian missile caused the deadly crash of a Ukrainian passenger jet in Iran.

Amid intensifying tensions between Tehran and Washington after the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Navy is in Iran’s crosshairs.

Iran effectively abandoned the nuclear deal between itself and world powers Sunday following the U.S. killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

About 5,000 American troops are in various parts of Iraq. After Qasem Soleimani’s killing, Iraq wants them to leave.