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Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong addresses the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Trong on Friday submitted a Pacific Rim trade pact to the National Assembly for approval, the government said. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will take effect at the year’s end after Australia earlier this week become the sixth nation to ratify it. (Nguyen Phuong Hoa/Vietnam News Agency via AP)

Vietnam to ratify Pacific Rim trade pact

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In this photo released by the National Assembly, the leader of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan,speaks at the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. Pakistani lawmakers on Friday elected former cricket star and longtime politician Khan as the country's next prime minister in a step toward third straight transfer of power from one civilian government to another one. (National Assembly, via AP)

Pakistan’s Imran Khan sworn in as prime minister

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan's newly elected lawmaker and former president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, center, arrives to attend the first session of the lower house of parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Pakistan's newly elected parliament met in Islamabad on Monday for the first time since last month's general elections, which saw the party of former cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan's party winning most seats as compared to his political rivals and he is expected to be elected the new premier later this week. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan’s newly elected parliament meets for the 1st time

By MUNIR AHMED and ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

The family of lawmaker Juan Requesens, father Juan Requesens, right, mother Paula Martinez, center, sister Rafalea, left, and wife Oriana Granati attend a special session of Venezuela's National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. VVenezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly stripped two opposition lawmakers of their immunity from prosecution on Wednesday, one of them Juan Requesens, accusing them of having roles in a drone attack that authorities say was an attempt to kill President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s opposition protests arrest of lawmaker

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A Pakistani takes selfie with Imran Khan, center, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, as he leaves a party meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. The party won the most parliament seats in last month's general elections and is expected to form a governing coalition later this month. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Likely new Pakistan PM putting coalition government together

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Supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaf party greet to their leader Imran Khan during an election campaign rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2018. Pakistan will hold general election on July 25. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Suicide bomb kills election candidate, driver in Pakistan

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD - Associated Press

Opposition lawmakers shout "Fraud, fraud during a session of Venezuelan National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. The CEO of the voting technology company Smartmatic said Wednesday that results of Venezuela's election for an all-powerful constituent assembly were off by at least 1 million votes. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan assembly to open amid protests

By Fabiola Sanchez and Christine Armario - Associated Press

Julio Borges, speaker of the opposition-dominated National Assembly, said President Trump is among a growing number of world leaders who understand that Venezuela's meltdown is having harrowing effects and sparking instability far beyond its borders. (Associated Press/File)

Julio Borges, Venezuela opposition leader, welcomes Donald Trump’s policy

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Venezuelan Bolivarian National guards officers are confronted by university students during a protest outside of the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 31, 2017. Venezuelans have been thrust into a new round of political turbulence after the government-stacked Supreme Court gutted congress of its last vestiges of power, drawing widespread condemnation from foreign governments and sparking protests in the capital. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s top prosecutor rebukes Supreme Court power grab

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a political rally against the Congress in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. After the government suspended a recall referendum seeking Maduro's removal last week, the opposition-controlled congress began debating his &quot;constitutional situation.&quot; Lawmakers vow to present evidence that Maduro a dual Colombian citizen and therefore constitutionally ineligible to hold Venezuela's highest office. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

Venezuela braces for anti-government protests amid crisis

By Joshua Goodman and Jorge Rueda - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leaders celebrated in Caracas early Monday after winning control of the National Assembly by a landslide, delivering a major setback to the ruling party and altering the balance of power after 17 years of socialist rule. (Associated Press)

Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela election loss shakes socialist Latin America governments

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

The comedian Frigide Barjot (second from right), leader of the movement against gay marriage, talks to the media as she visits mothers taking part in a vigil to protest French President Francois Hollande's social reform on same-sex marriage and adoption, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

France legalizes gay marriage after harsh debate

By Lori Hinnant and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A Venezuelan Embassy worker at a monthly service for the sick at a Catholic church in Regla, Cuba, shows support for Hugo Chavez, his country's ailing president hospitalized in Havana and unable to attend his inauguration Thursday. (Associated Press)

Chavez will miss his swearing-in, raising questions from opposition

By Fabiola Sanchez - Associated Press

** FILE ** Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (left) holds up a copy of the Venezuelan Constitution as Vice President Nicolas Maduro looks on during a televised speech at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Marcelo Garcia)

Disputes brewing in Venezuela over Chavez’s inauguration

By Christopher Toothaker and Ian James - Associated Press

Nguyen Thi Chi (left), 20, plays July 26, 2012, with her girlfriend Dinh Thi Hong Loan, 30, at Thong Nhat park in Hanoi, Vietnam. The lesbian couple have dated for more than 2 years and plan to get married next month. (Associated Press)

Unlikely Vietnam considers same-sex marriage

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande prepares for a meeting with his counterpart from Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. Mr. Hollande, who was elected last month, wants his political kin to control the powerful lower house of Parliament for the next five years so he can move forward with plans to strengthen the state's role in the economy, create thousands of teaching jobs and tackle high youth joblessness.

French Socialists eye unity after election result

By Cecile Brisson - Associated Press

Seaport businesses view trade pact as a good deal

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

RISING STAR: Independent activist Maria Corina Machado poses with a supporter Monday after being elected to Venezuela's National Assembly. She has been touted as a challenger to President Hugo Chavez. (Associated Press)

Chavez opponents make gains

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

New strikes hit France over retirement age

By Jenny Barchfield - Associated Press