China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China's military is conducting massive war games all around Taiwan. The e...
Hong Kong political heavyweights and former leaders gathered on Friday to pay tribute to late commerce minister Gregory So Kam-leung, as family and friends honoured his devotion to public service. Amo...
Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro used a hospital stay for surgery to formally endorse his son Flavio’s 2026 presidential bid....
The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan)...
Experienced Ukrainian troops showed their Western trainers that, particularly in urban environments, they wanted to move slowly. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images A British trainer who worked with ...
The NYC Token, which had a pretty rocky start, has been created to fight antisemitism, according to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams....
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly later this month before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, Chairman Jim Jordan announced late Monday....
The US president reportedly said he had no intention of pardoning the former FTX CEO, and defended his family’s connections to the crypto industry....
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken from their home in Venezuela's capital city Caracas in a dramatic nighttime US military operation....
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Aldrich Ames, the former CIA agent turned Russian asset, died in a federal prison in Maryland, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 84....
With Congress in recess until the new year, sources familiar with the progress of a digital asset market structure bill are expecting consideration in early 2026....
US President Donald Trump is discussing options including military action to take control of Greenland, the White House said on January 7, upping tensions that Denmark warns could destroy the NATO all...
The summit of the so-called "Coalition of the Willing" is focused on security guarantees Ukraine requires in the event of a ceasefire to deter further Russian aggression. According to a draft statemen...
Those who had hoped for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado to lead Venezuela were disappointed: The US and Donald Trump are going with former vice president Rodriguez....
Those who had hoped for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado to lead Venezuela were disappointed: The US and Donald Trump are going with former vice president Rodriguez....
Mladenov is a former Bulgarian defence and foreign minister who served as the UN envoy to Iraq before being appointed as the UN Middle East peace envoy from 2015-2020....
The Brazilian president announced his decision on the anniversary of the 2023 riots by Jair Bolsonaro supporters. The former far-right leader is serving a prison sentence for attempting a coup....
Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira after the US strike on Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Trump addressed the US strike and raid on Venezuela during a press conference in Florida. He said the US ...
Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of coup plottin...