The United States is looking carefully at Venezuela's Telesur following Washington's designation of five Chinese media outlets as foreign missions, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said during a press briefing on Wednesday

The European Parliament has recommended the European External Action Service to call on Russia and the United States to resume their dialogue and look for a new mechanism to control the situation around the intermediate- and short-range missiles following the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that Senator Chris Murphy violated a 2-century-old US law prohibiting freelance diplomacy with hostile nations over a meeting with Iran's foreign minister and of preventing Tehran from negotiating with Washington over a new nuclear agreement

The US Defense Department told Sputnik on Wednesday that its top policy official, Under Secretary John Rood, was asked to leave his post

The United States will address concerns over the gold industry in Venezuela during meeting in Europe over the next month, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said during a press briefing on Wednesday