The board was initially conceived as a mechanism to bring stability to post-war Gaza, but has since morphed into a broader conflict resolution platform....
The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country and dismantling the Kurdish-led forces that controlled the northeast for...
The White House has released the names of some of members of various boards who will play a role in guiding Gaza through the next steps of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, brokered by Trum...
President Donald Trump holds an image showing the scale of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ICE arrested two drivers on Wednesday near a Meta co...
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'...
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Carney after years of diplomatic tensions between Ottawa and Beijing, as both countries move to rebuild ties amid US tariff pressures....
Marcos Charles, a top ICE official, accused Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias of abandoning his son Liam when fleeing from authorities in Minneapolis earlier this week....
The worldâs billionaires grew richer than ever in 2025, charity Oxfam said on Monday, warning of âhighly dangerousâ political consequences as elites gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It sai...
Body was originally planned to oversee Gaza but charterâs broad wording suggests it could mediate in other conflicts...
The Swiss resort town of Davos hosts the World Economic Forum each January, bringing together politicians, policymakers, and business executives. Christian Hartmann/Reuters Nearly 400 wealthy individu...
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America for Americans: That was James Monroe's message to European colonial powers in 1823, to respect the independence of new nations of the Americas. Trump is reinterpreting this doctrine....
Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...
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 US president has an uncanny ability to spot the faultlines in the old order and manipulate them to his advantage...
The investigation of Jay Powell should be the final straw for Senate Republicans who have avoided criticising the president...
The EU is set to sign a long-awaited trade deal with South America's trade bloc, Mercosur. It may offer unexplored opportunities, but critics say the environmental fallout is being sidelined....
Trump has boasted about ending eight wars, styling himself as "the president of peace" and therefore deserving of the Nobel honour but those claims have been exaggerated....
The turn of the century saw a rise in labor movements as industry grew largely unregulated. Bettmann/Getty Images Trump has credited a 19th-century US president for inspiring his aggressive approach t...