Vietnam's National Assembly, the country's lawmaking body, will work on key personnel issues by the end of next week, including voting on key government and state appointments, an assembly official said on Friday. The assembly, which is set to begin its final meeting of the year on Monday, will also vote to pass 49 bills and four resolutions. The meeting will last until December 11. Learn More

Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived at the White House on Friday to plead to Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles, but the surprise announcement that the U.S. president will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest could dim the Ukrainian leader's chances of securing the long-range weapons. Friday's meeting with Ukraine's Zelenskiy was scheduled to be a low-key lunch in a cabinet meeting room as opposed to a public gathering in the Oval Office. Learn More

Democratic and Republican U.S. senators announced plans on Friday to force a vote on a resolution to prevent military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, seeking to rein in President Donald Trump's escalation of pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, who is sponsoring the war powers resolution with fellow Democrat Adam Schiff of California and Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, said he was respondin