China and Russia concluded a week of joint naval exercises in South African waters on Friday, described by the host country as a BRICS Plus operation aimed at “ensuring the safety of shipping and mari...
Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...
Despite US President Donald Trump’s insistence on acquiring Greenland, public support for the idea remains low. A Reuters/Ipsos poll of US residents this week showed that fewer than one in five respon...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen softened her tone while answering judges' questions during her appeal trial in Paris but denied wrongdoing, after being barred from public office over a convic...
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump gave his 70-minute-long speech in Dav...
The French government survived two votes of no-confidence in parliament on January 23 that had been called over its decision to ram through the income part of the 2026 budget without giving the Na...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
The US President Donald Trump is on his way to the Davos World Economic Forum. He is not expecting a warm reception from many of his European allies who are in attendance, who are opposing his attempt...
The European Parliament has put the customs agreement, which had been criticized as being too favorable to the US, on hold. Meanwhile, Trump has said he "won't use force" to take Greenland. DW has mor...
A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers will meet with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support despite President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Ar...
President declines to rule out military action after Washington evacuated personnel from Qatar command centre...
Donald Trump has said he plans to name his nominee to run the US central bank ‘in the not too distant future’...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong raised four crucial points that he believes would make the legislation “materially worse” for the US crypto industry....
US president said levies against eight nations would rise to 25% unless they support his acquisition of the island...
Portugal started voting Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate could for the first time make it to a run-off, but with the final result hard to call. Polls...
US President Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been held up as an example of American military power. As Venezuela is not a producer of fentanyl – despite the United ...
Jeffrey Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He is the author of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, an award-winning book exploring the impact of ...
Sudan's army has reportedly received and is considering a new proposal from the United States and Saudi Arabia for a truce with its rival paramilitary. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with former Sudanes...
Hong Kong delegates to China’s top political advisory body are a “steadfast patriotic force” and make an important contribution to the city’s long-term prosperity and stability, Chief Executive John L...
In Davos, Canada's PM Mark Carney said that the world was not in a transition but "in the midst of a rupture." He said Canada stands with Greenland amid Trump's pursuit of the world's largest island. ...