Board of Peace

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has agreed to join President Trump's Board of Peace, in a departure from an earlier stance when his office criticized the makeup of the board's committee tasked with overseeing Gaza. Norway and Sweden, meanwhile, said they wouldn't...

(Newser) - President Trump wants French President Emmanuel Macron to join his new Board of Peace —and he's threatening to make French wine a lot more expensive if Macron continues to balk. "I'll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and Champagnes, and he'll join, but...

(Newser) - President Trump thinks the UN is a joke . The UN thinks Trump is a little out of control. What now? It appears Trump is aiming to build what some see as an alternative to the world body—one that would be run by him initially. Coverage:

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(Newser) - The outgoing head of the United Nations is offering a blunt new criticism of American power under President Trump: "There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power," Secretary-General António Guterres tells the BBC in an interview. Washington now...