China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald ...
Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday for presidential elections with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 40 years in power amid repression and internet blackouts....
Sidelined by Trump, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visited Washington, while interim President Delcy Rodriguez has called for "diplomacy" with the US, and aims to attract more oil i...
Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...
Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
The mayor of Ukraine’s capital says Kyiv was targeted by overnight drone attacks that sparked a fire in an apartment building, coming just a day after Moscow launched nearly 300 drones along with 18 b...
The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...
The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...
Ugandans voted in a tense national election on Thursday after an often violent campaign and internet shutdown, with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. Museveni ...
As Russian President Vladimir Putin focuses his attentions on Moscow’s war in Ukraine, his strategic allies around the world have been left feeling neglected – or worse. In Venezuela, officials now th...
President Donald Trump holds an image showing the scale of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ICE arrested two drivers on Wednesday near a Meta co...
The airspace closure came as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate, including the embassy in Kuwait, which also ordered its personnel to “temporarily halt” going t...
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An Iranian went on trial in France Tuesday accused of promoting "terrorism" on social media in a case linked to a possible prisoner swap with two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over ...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...
Business leaders like Klarna's CEO support Trump's credit card cap proposal, while major banks and investors warn of risks. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump proposes a 10% cap on c...
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...
Honduras electoral authorities rejected on Monday an order by the outgoing president to recount November’s election won by Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura. Asfura, a conservative businessman, was ...
Trump voters talk about how they feel about Trump's actions with Venezuela and potential action in Iran and Greenland....