Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pentagon chief Jim Mattis will brief US senators Wednesday on developments related to Saudi Arabia, amid mounting bipartisan concern about the kingdom, a senior Republican lawmaker said Monday. President Donald Trump’s emphatic support of Riyadh in recent weeks has rankled some Republicans. And the ...
Russia has accused Ukraine of “dangerous” moves and deliberately provoking an incident in the Kerch Strait near Crimea in which Russia seized three Ukrainian vessels. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said Ukraine had violated international norms with “dangerous methods that created threats and risks for the normal movement ...