Morning Brief

The coordinated release with other major oil consumers comes as the U.S. president faces pressure to bring down gasoline prices.

Monday’s talks are the first under new Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and expectations for a breakthrough are already low.

Hamdok’s decision has been criticized by pro-democracy groups as a capitulation to the country’s coup leaders.

With other strategies worn out, opponents of President Nicolás Maduro are hoping to build power at the polls.

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin meets with his Ukrainian counterpart on Thursday as Washington keeps its attention on Russia.

As vaccination rates still lag in the developing world, a new oral treatment faces its own logistical hurdles.

In a presidential vote this weekend, voters can choose between a product of the country’s protest movement or a Pinochet apologist.

Expectations have been kept low before today’s meeting, which is likely to discuss “guardrails” for the U.S.-China relationship.

Backers of Libya’s factions meet in Paris today to affirm their support for what is likely to become a messy election period.

Only the Kremlin knows for sure, but any hostile action risks upsetting a recent thaw in U.S.-Russian relations.

The far-right pundit has jumped to second place in polls ahead of April’s French presidential election.

Hundreds of migrants have set up camp on Belarus’s border with Poland, hoping for passage into the European Union.