Since its founding, the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has stood in opposition. In 2026, it hopes to win state-level governing power and perhaps more....
Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department. Li Yuanqing/Xinhua via Getty Images The DOJ is probing Jerome Powell over his congressional t...
The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red stea...
US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...
Leaders say territory ‘not for sale’ before White House meeting on Wednesday...
US media reports say tariffs will be cut to 15 percent in exchange for TSMC investment....
Iran's communication blackout is "more serious" than ever before and restrictions may last beyond the current protests, according to one expert....
There is no precedent of a dominant power abandoning its primacy, as Trump is doing...
Leaderless revolutions are, at times, a reaction to historical distrust of charismatic leaders who, after victory, themselves become the source of absolutist and oppressive power....
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...
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 Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump h...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...
The BBC intends to ask a US federal court in Florida to dismiss a US$10 billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster, according to newly filed court documents. ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...