US senate committee to vote on extending lifting Cyprus arms embargo
A bill on the five-year extension of lifting the US arms embargo to Cyprus, which could replace its current annual renewal, is set to be voted on by the US ...
Australia, US to spend billions on mining, defense projects, White House says as leaders meet
Australia and the United States will spend billions of dollars in coming years on critical mining projects, defense systems and other investments in a deal between the two nation’s ...
Trump says he will meet Putin in Budapest after touting progress in Ukraine talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to another summit to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, one day before the U....
US judge extends block on Trump deploying National Guard in Portland, Oregon
A federal judge in Oregon on Wednesday extended temporary restraining orders that block President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying any National Guard troops to police Portland as part of ...
Trump’s tariff threat on China sinks dollar
The dollar dropped on Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs against China, reigniting concerns over how the trade war will impact the US economy.
Trump also ...
China hits back at US ships with additional port fees
Vessels owned or operated by US firms and individuals, or those built in the United States or that fly the US flag, will be charged additional port fees per voyage ...
Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor, sources say
The Trump appointee accusing the president’s political foes of mortgage fraud skipped over his agency’s inspector general when making criminal referrals, according to seven people familiar with the ...
Harvard faces lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager
Harvard University can be sued by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school and whose parts were then sold on the black market ...
Illinois sues to block Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
Illinois filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block US President Donald Trump from deploying hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into the streets of Chicago.
The Democratic-led state and ...
Venezuela and US edge toward war footing
By Robert Muggah
For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now is ...
Trump to review aid that can be cut from Portland
U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid that can be cut from Portland, the White House said on Friday.
“We will not fund states ...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to four years in prison
Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over the hip-hop mogul’s July 2 conviction on prostitution-related charges.
Combs, 55, was convicted on two counts ...
Trump secures Netanyahu’s agreement to Gaza deal but Hamas support in question
President Donald Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing on Monday for a U.S.-sponsored peace proposal to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, but questions ...
How the West lost America
For some time, I have been trying to understand how the West managed to lose its key champion: the United States. By “the West,” I mean the group of countries ...
Trump says ‘we will get it done’ in the Middle East
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday there is “a real chance for greatness in the Middle East” without providing specific details, days after saying he was close to ...
US intends to cancel $13 billion in funds for green energy
The US Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on ...
US opposes Russia’s entry into UN aviation group governing council
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the US opposes Russia’s bid to gain election to a UN aviation group 36-state governing council.
Russia is urging aviation leaders at the International ...
Syria’s Sharaa, in New York, renews call for US to formally drop sanctions
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa renewed his call on Monday for Washington to formally lift US sanctions imposed under the 2019 Caesar Act while visiting New York to attend the first UN ...
Christodoulides: Cyprus is more of a solution than a problem
Cyprus is more of a solution than it is a problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a speech at Rutgers University in the United States state of New Jersey.
He ...
Federal Reserve Governor to argue for rate cut view, says he got no input from Trump
New U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, on leave at the central bank from the Trump administration, on Friday defended himself as an independent policymaker after dissenting in favor ...
Jimmy Kimmel suspension puts Disney back in hotseat as writers hold protest
Film and TV writers held a free-speech demonstration in New York on Friday to protest Disney’s suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel and President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...
US has talked with Gulf states about post-war Gaza administration, envoy says
The United States has held talks with Gulf Arab states about the possibility that they could administer Gaza once the war is over, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Reuters ...
White House readies executive order on political violence as liberal groups sound warning
The White House is preparing an executive order on political violence and hate speech, a Trump administration official said this week, as scores of left-leaning non-profits rejected what they described ...
Accused sniper jailed in Charlie Kirk killing awaits formal charges in Utah
The Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges next week, according to the governor, from an act of violence widely ...