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As President Trump prepares to re-enter the world stage at the G-20 summit in Argentina, allies and adversaries alike will be taking stock of the president’s new domestic challenges in the coming year. These include Democratic control of the House of Representatives, the potential for numerous oversight investigations and the long-awaited end of the Russia probe being led by special counsel Robert Mueller.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to G-20 leaders ahead of their meetings this week to cooperate more to address some of the planet’s most pressing issues.

The Chinese scientist who claims to be the world’s first to edit the genetic code of a pair of recently born twin baby girls, to make them resistant to HIV, the AIDS virus, has defended his work and says there is another potential pregnancy.

As U.S. officials and members of U.S. Congress debate U.S. support for the Saudi-led military campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, some tribal leaders in Yemen are supporting the U.S and U.N. proposed political solution to end the war and urge an active role in the ongoing negotiations.

VIDEO: In 2008, the eight nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, agreed to create the South Asian University in New Delhi – an institution meant to serve as a center of excellence for students from different countries in the South Asian region. Students from India’s long-standing rival, Pakistan, had often failed to gain admission for various reasons.  But this year, five Pakistani students have been enrolled.