Trump is expected to host signing ceremony for his Board of Peace on sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday but some key allies have yet to commit....
Iran's regime has been cracking down on protesters with brutal force. Images of bodies in shrouds have provoked shock and outrage around the world â including among five Iranian women living in German...
EU member states on Monday are exploring countermeasures in response to US President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland, which he has expressed interest in acquiring despite opposition from ...
Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...
EU ambassadors convened an emergency meeting in Brussels after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on eight European countries in a dispute over Greenland. France wants the block to use its so-called trad...
A new deal calls for Taiwan's chip-making companies to invest and build in the United States. In return, Washington will lower the tariff on Taiwanese goods to 15% from a previous 20%....
An overnight Russian bombardment on Kyiv left thousands of residential buildings and parliament without heating and water in -14C temperatures on Tuesday, just as the Ukrainian capital was scrambling ...
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is pressing OpenAI about its move to bring ads to ChatGPT, and is asking several other companies whether they have similar plans. In letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Goo...
The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries â Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey â meet and share langu...
Across the United States, arrests by ICE agents - and protests against them - continue. As Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has intensified, more and more videos have gained traction online, showi...
In a very unsurprising turn of events, Trump walked back his latest EU tariff threatsâmuch to the market's delight....
Two of the defendants pleaded not guilty before the Hong Kong court, while the other pleaded guilty but pledged to keep working to end one-party rule in China. They're accused of "inciting subversion ...
Lawmakers voted narrowly to challenge the EU trade deal with Latin America in the bloc's top court, a move that could derail the deal. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the deal should be provisionally e...
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British prime minister issues strongest rebuke yet over US presidentâs push to seize island...
From Venezuela to Iran and now Greenland, the volatile US president is tearing up global norms...
Hopes for new Gaza administration clash with reality as Israeli control over crossings keeps aid flowing at a slow pace....
Syria's government is trying to forcefully absorb a Syrian Kurdish paramilitary group that once controlled much of the country's northeast. The fight ultimately comes down to a clash about Syria's fut...
Donald Trump's second term in the White House has tested China's tit-for-tat approach in response to the the US president's trade war. While stiff competition remains moving forward, there are signs o...
A new report has published harrowing testimonies by Palestinians who were released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, rights activists are worried that Israel is now considering th...