Kevin Lamarque | Reuters With Secretary of Defense James Mattis at his side, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. “This is the worst security situation since the end of the Korean War,” Ban said. He added that …

Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the plenary session at the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are heating up ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, with the …

A spokesman for Warner Bros. declined to comment. In addition to the cofinancing arrangement, Mr. Ratner will also remove himself from work on the studio’s adaptation of “The Goldfinch,” which he was set to produce. The New York Times spoke to several of the women interviewed by The Los Angeles …

Ari Jalal | Reuters Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017. Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Thursday offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing with Turkey, with participation of observers from the U.S.-led coalition helping fight Islamic State. The deployment …

Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Royal Dutch Shell products in Torzhok, Russia. Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reported a near 50 percent rise in net profit for the third quarter. Net profit attributable to shareholders on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis, used as a proxy for …

Photo Anna Faris, left, and Allison Janney in “Mom.” Credit Sonja Flemming/CBS Allison Janney returns with the fifth season of “Mom.” And Shemar Moore tackles timely issues in “S.W.A.T.” What’s on TV MOM 9 p.m. on CBS (check local listings). The leaves change, the clock falls back, and Allison Janney …

Jack Taylor | Getty Images Protesters and migrant workers call on the government to guarantee their right to remain in the U.K. after Brexit on Feb. 20, 2017 in London, England. “Ten years ago, Britain made a huge mistake. It was the one country in the EU that said, ‘We …

Heinz-Peter Bader | Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih talks to journalists during a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, November 30, 2016. Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Thursday that he was worried about future energy security, especially in Asia, …

Before her arrival, Jonathan Fensom’s handsomely appointed sets are filled with the hum of gossip and one finely honed observation after another, the aperçus delivered by a gathering of aristos for whom gently barbed chat flows as naturally as afternoon tea. “Nothing succeeds like excess” remains surely the play’s best-known …

Dan Kitwood | Getty Images A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 24, 2017 in London, England. Last month, El-Erian said bitcoin’s value should be half of the $4,000 it was fetching. Since then, the cryptocurrency has surged past $6,000, representing a rally of over 500 percent …