
The United States will “vigorously defend” itself in the International Court of Justice against Iran’s challenge to the re-imposition of US sanctions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday. Iran is set to make opening arguments in The Hague this week against the unilateral sanctions, which were slapped back on ...

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland refused to give ground in a dispute with Saudi Arabia on Monday, saying her country would “always stand up for human rights around the world”. While she did not cite the kingdom by name, Freeland told a gathering of German diplomats in Berlin that “Canada ...