A key former ally of Justin Trudeau’s said he would vote to topple the government, a move that would likely plunge the country into an election early next year unless the prime minister seeks a temporary suspension of parliament. 

The U.S. has won a trade dispute panel resolution on Mexico’s bid to ban genetically modified corn for human consumption. U.S. growers welcomed the decision announced on Friday, calling it “a major win.” 

Federal authorities say Mohammad Reza Nouri, an officer in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, is in custody in Iraq, where he has been convicted by an Iraqi court for his role in the killing of American Stephen Troell.

Retired Adm. Karl Schultz told CNN this week that he feared Congress would politicize the information and pointed to Congress’s ongoing investigations as proof that he was right.

Authorities in the eastern German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens more were injured after a man drove his car into a busy Christmas market in what officials called a deliberate attack.

Hundreds of steelworkers stand in the 26-degree chill outside the local U.S. Steel plant at a pep rally of sorts, broadcasting their defiance and their desperation to the leaders that they believe have abandoned them.

The Education Department on Friday withdrew President Joe Biden’s proposed student debt relief regulation that would have delivered forgiveness to more than 25 million Americans.

The Biden administration says it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the ouster of President Bashar Assad. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham remains designated a foreign terrorist organization.

The USO partnered with the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Christopher Grady and widely-known talents to bring its seven day holiday tour to U.S. military bases across Europe. They reminded those who serve, and their families that they are loved and appreciated even from a distance.

Venezuela’s attorney general says an opposition politician met with prosecutors after leaving the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, where he had sheltered for nine months to avoid arrest.