Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on January 20 as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over. Th...
European governments blasted US President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland beginning next month. Denmark, Norway, Sweden...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Donald Trump. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took aim at US defense contractors on Tuesday. He said they'...
Myanmar began the final phase of its month-long election on Sunday, just a week short of the fifth anniversary of the military coup, with the dominant pro-military party heading toward what appears to...
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no-confidence from the far left and the far right after three months of political deadlock over the budget. The PM had triggered these vot...
US President Donald Trump has unveiled his “Board of Peace,” a $1 billion initiative aimed at resolving international conflicts through permanent membership. Meanwhile, medical sources at Al-Shifa Hos...
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Details remains murky regarding the "Board of Peace" on Gaza that US President Donald Trump has invited world leaders to join. "The understanding is that Trump is attempting single-handedly to put int...
EU member states are finding themselves in a “real bind” as they debate how to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland, FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert said in an analysis. “T...
US Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to meet Denmark’s foreign minister and Greenland’s counterpart in Washington this Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark,...
US.-mediated talks between Ukraine and Russia resumed on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as part of rare trilateral negotiations aimed at ending the nearly four-...
Crew 11- comprising US astronauts Zena Cardman, 38, and Mike Fincke, 58, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, 55, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, 39 - safely returned to Earth on January 15 from the In...
Crucial budget talks are resuming in French parliament, as MPs have failed to secure the 2026 budget in time last year. President Emmanuel Macron has brandished the threat of dissolution in case parti...
Millions are at risk of losing health insurance without Affordable Care Act subsidies. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Images 1.4 million fewer Americans enrolled in ACA marketplace ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his ruling party have pushed to stimulate China's economy. Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images Hedge funds betting big on China generated strong returns last year. Manage...
The Tesla board has proposed a pay package for Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion. ALLISON ROBBERT/Getty Images; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI This post originally appeared in the Business In...
The fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent sparked renewed outrage in the US on a week that saw revellers line the streets of Dakar to celebrate Senegal's Africa Cup of ...
No sub-Saharan African country was invited to join Donald Trump’s newly created “Board of Peace,” a decision that has prompted some analysts to argue the US president is once again showing disregard f...
The European Union's parliament voted on Wednesday to refer a freshly signed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur to the EU's top court, casting the hard-fought accord into legal limbo. The vo...
Syrian government forces on January 21 took full control of the sprawling camp of al-Hol in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as a truce between the govern...