President Faustin Archange Touadera has secured a third term, though the main opposition coalition boycotted the presidential election. Touadera is one of Russia's closest allies in Africa....
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday regulating defense contractors, including their executive pay. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/WireImage President Donald Trump took aim a...
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency is pushing deeper into one of the country’s most opaque corners, the defence procurement system, in a widening investigation into allegations of cartel-like tender fi...
Days after issuing threats of military action against Colombia, US President Donald Trump said he had invited Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House following what was described as a cor...
An explosion at a Russian oil depot last year. Ukraine continues to target Moscow's energy sector. 2024 Planet Labs Inc./via REUTERS Ukrainian drones struck an ammunition site and oil depot in Russia,...
US President Donald Trump joked about "bad Santa" infiltrating the country and praised "clean, beautiful coal" while taking calls from children tracking Santa's progress on Christmas Eve....
China has wrapped up two days of live-fire drills around the island featuring rocket launches, aircraft and warships....
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....
The President of the Central African Republic is vying for a controversial third term as polling begins in the country. Central Africans are also voting for their legislative, regional and municipal r...
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, the sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and organisations from accessing them....
The White House defended the release of Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole over 119,000 Bitcoin in 2016, from prison to home confinement—but didn’t take credit for the action....
Crowds gather in Caracas following news that the US captured Venezuela's President Maduro. Jeampier Arguinzones/picture alliance via Getty Images Following the US strike in Venezuela and capture of Pr...
Vice President JD Vance defended the ICE officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, saying the officer faced an "attack on federal law enforcement.”...
The Pentagon's annual report on military suicides serves as an important measure of accountability. Senior Airman Karla Parra/US Air Force The Pentagon's annual military suicide report is delayed with...
Barry Pollack represented Julian Assange in his complex plea deal negotiations with the Justice Department. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro hired US lawyer Barry Pollack to defend...
Robert F Kennedy Jr accuses past administrations of ‘lying’ to the public ‘to protect corporate profit-taking’...
Nathaniel Raymond of Yale School of Public Health warns of mass deaths in Sudan as UN visits el-Fasher...
In June 1989 following the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the government cut telephone connections to foreign countries, an action aimed at limiting the ability of domestic opponents to communicate with...
Voters in the Central African Republic take to the polls in unprecedented quadruple elections, combining the presidential, legislative, regional, and municipal ballots. Incumbent, Russian-backed Presi...
Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust. (Image credit: Giovanna Dell'Orto)...