Pope calls for peace in Algeria against the backdrop of Iran war

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria yesterday on the first-ever papal visit and called for peace in all nations to prevail, in a trip overshadowed

Why China rejects spheres of influence

Jorge Costa Oliveira The Trump administration revived rhetoric built on the idea of a world divided into spheres of influence, echoing the Monroe Doctrine and reasserting ambitions

Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech

Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after

Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated

Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war

Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as talks appear to be moving ahead

This image from video provided by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) President Donald Trump openly mused about

Crisis Trump claims US has been holding talks with ‘respected’ Iranian leader

United States President Donald Trump says Iran wants “to make a deal”and claims U.S. envoys have been holding talks with a “respected” Iranian leader.

Takaichi meets with Trump as he seeks help securing the Strait of Hormuz

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (center) arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md. The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White

US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war

U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, yesterday as the

Trump team applying pressure to media: Tell the war’s story the way we see it

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Sunday Through lectures, scoldings and outright threats, President Donald Trump and his aides are ratcheting

Trump may delay China trip as he pressures Beijing for help with Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up the

Trump calls for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries yesterday.

Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei successor as oil prices soar

This image taken from video from state TV shows Mojtaba Khamenei Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s late supreme leader, the Islamic

Ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says 

Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison, in Hong Kong, July 28, 2023 Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security

US congress is taking its first votes on the Iran war as debate rages about goals

The U.S. Senate was moving toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s decision to wage war against Iran, marking a major congressional test over a conflict that has

Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

The damaged façade of Gandhi Hospital in Tehran The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader

In a first as president, Trump says he’ll attend the White House correspondents’ dinner

President Donald Trump says he’ll attend this year’s White House Correspondent Association dinner on April 25, marking the first time he’s done so as commander-in-chief. “The

Trump’s State of the Union will seek to calm voters’ economic concerns

The U.S. Capitol is seen after sunset in Washington President Donald Trump will use today’s (Macau time) State of the Union to champion his immigration

Ruling against Trump’s tariffs creates new uncertainty in US trade relations with China 

President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose ahead of their summit talkat Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, last year The

EU leaders meet to counter pressure from Russia, China and Trump

Blue lights light up the venue for the EU summit at the Alden Biesen Castle domain in Bilzen-Hoeselt Leaders from across the European Union are

Pezeshkian apologizes over crackdown as nation marks 1979 Islamic Revolution

A cleric crosses an intersection in downtown Tehran Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution yesterday as the country’s theocracy remains under

US Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted Epstein files

President Donald Trump has lashed out at reporters raising questions about the Epstein files, demanding that the country “get onto something else,” but that’s highly unlikely. Many

Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash

President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash

Iran, US hold nuclear talks as Trump delivers blunt warning to Khamenei

Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place today in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries remain

Taiwan-US ties are ‘rock solid,’ the island’s leader says after Trump-Xi call

Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s leader said yesterday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone

Trump’s Greenland threats reveal no-win dilemma at the heart of European security strategy

Garret Martin, American University School of International Service In the days since a fractious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzeland, ended, some of Europe’s main players have pushed

Trump invests in another US rare earth miner to loosen China’s grip on supply

The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize

Denmark says its sovereignty is not negotiable after Trump’s about-turn

An Aurora Borealis is seen in the sky above Nuuk Denmark’s prime minister insisted that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty yesterday after U.S.

Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at Davos, but many top US allies aren’t participating

President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his “ Board of Peace ” to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting that “everyone wants

Trump arrives in Switzerland, in his quest to own Greenland

Things are unloaded from Air Force One after the plane, carrying President Donald Trump to the World Economic Form in Davos, experienced a minor electrical issue after departure

Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed it

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia A startled British government yesterday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the

Survey says slowing economy is the No. 1 worry for US businesses in China, not trade friction 

U.S. businesses are more concerned about China’s slowing economy than trade friction, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Friday. Of 368

Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington

A long the narrow, snow-covered main street in Greenland’s capital, international journalists and camera crews stop passersby every few meters asking them for their thoughts on

US Supreme Court takes up culture war battle over transgender athletes in school sports

Becky Pepper-Jackson poses for a photograph outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today over state laws

Mexican president tells Trump that US intervention against cartels is ‘unnecessary’

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she had “a very good conversation” with U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday and that their two governments will continue working together

Trump says Tehran wants to negotiate as death toll in protests rises

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran showed protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown U

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