Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the coming year, and an initial group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in the West ...
Trump says North Korea’s Kim has responded to his overtures
President Donald Trump said on Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had responded to his overtures after Trump ordered the United States to scale back military exercises with ...
US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources say
The U.S. has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in ...
From Trump to Cyprus: when loyalty collides with reality
The disruption caused by Donald Trump’s presidency continues to reverberate far beyond the United States. Whether in foreign policy or domestic governance, his instinct to dismiss inconvenient facts rather ...
US official: We expect a deal soon between Iran and Oman on Strait of Hormuz
Progress is being made between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz and “we expect a deal soon,” a US official told Reuters on Friday.
Once a deal is ...
Sweeping Russia energy sanctions head toward US Senate passage, von der Leyen and Zelenskiy welcome vote
A large majority of the US Senate backed sweeping Russia sanctions legislation on Friday, advancing a long-delayed measure backed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham and setting the stage for ...
US, Saudi hit Iran’s allies in Iraq; Trump vows to punish Iran for firing at troops
The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, and President Donald Trump vowed to “beat the fucking shit” out of Iran for firing on ...
Iran war spreads to Red Sea and Caspian, Gulf quiet as US forgoes strikes
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran ...
Kremlin silent on claims Russia helped Iran target CIA sites
The Kremlin on Thursday declined to comment on a Reuters report that US intelligence analysts were investigating whether Russia assisted Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf by ...
Israelis fear Saudi nuclear deal could ignite Mideast arms race
A deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia allowing the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium has fuelled fears in Israel of the ...
US says it reaches nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached a landmark agreement on civil nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday, a deal that allows the kingdom to ...
US judge sets June 2027 trial date for Venezuela’s Maduro
A judge on Wednesday set a June 1, 2027, trial date for ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on U.S. drug trafficking charges, while a defense lawyer ...
Rubio says Iran ‘not serious’ about talks as oil routes face disruption
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the United States is still willing to negotiate an end to the Iran crisis but Tehran is not serious about ...
Iranian forces target Bahrain and Kuwait after US hits Iran’s south
U.S. forces bombed Iran’s south and west after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites ...
Oil prices ease as mediators propose US-Iran ceasefire
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with markets weighing reports of mediation efforts between the U.S. and Iran against an exchange of fresh attacks between the two and threats of ...
New UK PM Burnham gives Trump assurance on defence, Middle East
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham assured U.S. President Donald Trump that London would be committed to defence and security and would help support the safe reopening of the Strait ...
US ‘deeply concerned’ after EU eyes carbon price for international flights
The United States is “deeply concerned” about the European Union’s plans to impose carbon costs on some international flights, a spokesperson for the U.S.Department of Transportation told ...
US strikes Iran for ninth day; Iran says two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz exploded and immobilised
U.S. forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said two oil tankers had exploded ...
US and Iran each attack infrastructure in risky escalation
The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further ...
Trump to attend World Cup final on Sunday, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain at the New York-New Jersey stadium on Sunday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ...
Iran warns Trump against striking infrastructure, calls Strait of Hormuz a ‘red line’
Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line”, warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran’s ...
Cyprus and US deepen security partnership
Cyprus and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to expanding cooperation on migration, border security and regional stability during high level meetings held in Nicosia on Tuesday.
US undersecretary for ...
Trump says US reinstates blockade of Strait of Hormuz after new clashes with Iran
President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf and would ensure the Strait of Hormuz stays open after the ...
Lindsey Graham, pivotal US Republican senator, dies suddenly at 71
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill after Trump became president, ...