While in Davos, Donald Trump is expected to provide more details about his "Board of Peace". Ostensibly created to oversee the US-brokered ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, the US president has in...
Thailand’s election season has triggered a dizzying array of cash giveaway offers from parties vying for votes, from a US$2,000 payment for newborns to debt write-offs and US$100 monthly top-ups for t...
The UN gave the US president a mandate to lead a "Board of Peace" to stabilize the Middle East. However, Donald Trump seems to be increasingly competing with the UN, while sidelining the Middle East c...
"In politics as in business – a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.” Ursula von der Leyen's comments came amid growing tension between Europe and the US over Greenlan...
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Satellite imagery from 2025 shows bombers and aircraft at Diego Garcia. Planet Labs PBC President Trump is criticizing a UK decision that could affect US operations on Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia has b...
During his second term, President Donald Trump used tariffs not only to rebalance trade but to pressure both allies and rivals into aligning with his policies. While this approach has raised tensions,...
The US just lowered Taiwan's tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday . Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease f...
As the United States maintains pressure and threats against Iran, the Islamic Republic has warned that “any attack against it will be considered a total war.” Some airlines subsequently announced the ...
President Donald Trump put into motion the withdrawal process to have the US removed from the Geneva-based organization after he signed an executive order on the first day of his second term....
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Several European countries have dispatched soldiers to Greenland in a show of support for Denmark. But the US said the move won't change President Trump's intention to acquire the island....
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Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White...
Three House Democrats warned that leaving the SEC's case against the Tron founder unresolved could ”undermine investors’ confidence” in the financial regulator....
The defections mean that Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) is no longer the biggest opposition force in the 150-seat house of representatives....
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After a brief easing of tensions, relations between the United States and Iran remain strained, with the prospect of potential U.S. strikes weighing heavily, as the Pentagon announced on January 15 th...
The US military conducted its first strike on a vessel suspected of drug-trafficking in the eastern Pacific since late last year, killing two people and prompting a US Coast Guard search for a third s...
How oil-rich Venezuela fell from 1970s stable democracy to a crisis that led to the January 2026 US raid on Caracas....