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Deadly Floods and Landslides Ravage Asia-Pacific From Afghanistan to Taiwan, an unprecedented deluge of rain has brought flash floods, landslides and typhoons…
Missiles and Drones Target Aramco Sites Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched coordinated missile and…
Negotiations aimed at ending the grinding war in Ukraine collapsed Wednesday after Russia launched…
ANKARA, Turkey — The United States launched an expanded wave of military strikes against…
China Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile in Pacific Waters The Chinese navy test-launched a long-range…
GENEVA — Negotiators from the United States and Iran entered a second day of…
As the RSF encircles El-Obeid, Ebola spreads into Uganda, and 25,000 flee South Africa's…
South Korea and Japan have agreed to expand bilateral defense cooperation across artificial intelligence,…
Dakar, Senegal — Three of Africa's most crisis-hit nations have taken a historic step…
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday designated Ecuador's notorious Chone Killers gang as a…
The United States Senate passed a sweeping $70 billion immigration enforcement package late Thursday,…
Rescue teams in Venezuela clung to hope Thursday as they pulled a 43-year-old security…
South Africa has deployed 2,500 soldiers to its two most populous provinces after anti-foreigner…
Rescue workers in Venezuela pulled a 43-year-old security guard from the rubble of a…
Iran has warned the United States and Israel not to launch strikes during the…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is confronting a sweeping convergence of crises that are straining…
Senate Republicans Forge Ahead on Sweeping Tax and Immigration Package Senate Republicans pushed forward…
WASHINGTON — The United States Senate passed a sweeping $886 billion defense authorization bill…
Senate Democrats on Wednesday launched a coordinated legal and legislative campaign to prevent what…
G7 leaders meeting in Banff, Canada, reached a historic agreement Wednesday to redirect income…
EVIAN, France — World leaders from the Group of Seven concluded a two-day summit…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its July meeting, choosing to wait…
Taiwan has instructed its commercial vessels to refuse any boarding or inspection demands from…
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Iran and the United States agreed Wednesday to establish a dedicated communication channel by…
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered a forceful rebuttal on Monday to…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Vietnamese President To Lam declared South…
Russia has imported at least 60,000 metric tons of gasoline from India, according to…
Russian Drone Barrage Targets Kyiv as Front-Line Defenses Buckle Russian forces launched a massive…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is confronting an unprecedented convergence of political crises, armed conflicts,…
Brazil's Supreme Court convicted Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on…
Brasília, July 1 (AP) — Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal convicted Eduardo Bolsonaro, the third…
The Supreme Court struck down 50-year-old campaign finance law, allowing unlimited coordinated spending between…
World leaders at the G7 summit in Evian, France, adopted a joint declaration on…
G7 leaders wrapped a three-day summit in Évian, France on Wednesday with a joint…
Havana's top diplomat said Tuesday that negotiations with the United States have produced no…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is confronting an unprecedented convergence of crises spanning five distinct…
Haiti is at a turning point. A newly deployed UN Security Council-backed force called…
The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship Tuesday, ruling 5-4 that children born in the…
President Donald Trump vetoed a landmark housing reform bill Thursday, escalating a confrontation with…
G7 leaders meeting in Evian-les-Bains, France, agreed Wednesday to impose sweeping new sanctions on…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is confronting an unprecedented convergence of crises as diplomatic ruptures,…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is facing a dangerous convergence of military escalations, diplomatic ruptures,…
President Donald Trump suffered a landmark defeat at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh’s first meeting…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh’s first meeting…
MANILA — The Philippines and Vietnam have elevated their bilateral defense relationship to an…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is facing an unprecedented convergence of crises spanning all five…
China and Russia sent more than 10 military aircraft on a joint patrol near…
North Korea announced on Monday that it had successfully tested newly developed warheads, cruise…
North Africa: Sudan War Deaths Pass 1,000 as Drone Strikes IntensifySudan is experiencing its…
President Donald Trump secured a sweeping expansion of his authority to remove leaders of…
South African cities deployed security forces across key provinces on Tuesday as anti-immigration protests…
Mexico is facing its most severe diplomatic and political crisis in years after The…
Three major crises erupted across three different African regions this week, as a deadly…
Lethal Heat Shifts East, Tests Ukraine War-Damaged Grid The most severe heat wave ever…
The Supreme Court handed down three consequential rulings Monday that will reshape the balance…
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that a meeting between the United States and…
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and Iran have agreed to…
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that American and Iranian officials would meet in…
The diplomatic architecture of francophone Africa continued to fracture this week as three major…
Two seismic diplomatic ruptures shook Africa on Friday as Burkina Faso announced the severance…
US Economy Adds 185,000 Jobs in June as Wage Growth CoolsThe US economy added…
A 6-3 Ruling on Humanitarian Protections The Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling Thursday…
Iran and US Agree to Halt Attacks; Doha Talks Set for TuesdayIran and the…
American officials said Monday that every Iranian missile and drone launched against Kuwait and…
SEOUL — South Korea and Japan have renewed their joint commitment to the denuclearization…
Iran launched coordinated ballistic missile and drone attacks on American military installations in Kuwait…
US Strikes Iran for Fourth Day as Trump Warns Tehran 'Will No Longer Exist'…
Trump Tariffs Drive Average US Household Tax Burden to Highest Level Since 1940s The…
American forces launched a fresh wave of airstrikes against Iranian military infrastructure on Saturday,…
G7 leaders threw their collective weight behind President Donald Trump's strategy to end the…
The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran on Saturday, officials…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned Wednesday that escalating U.S. tariff measures…
CARACAS, Venezuela — Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on Thursday, killing at least 589 people…
Negotiators working to halt the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza face a deepening crisis as…
President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday that the United States would revert to…
Warsh's First Meeting: Shorter Statement, Sharper ToneThe Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on…
Warsh's First Fed Hold Comes With a Hawkish Surprise as Nine Officials Favor Higher…
Diplomatic efforts to wind down the four-year-old US-Iran conflict entered a decisive and turbulent…
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.5% to 3.75% on…
The world's most consequential economic gathering in years opened Monday in Evian-les-Bains, France, as…
The world's three most powerful central banks ended June 2026 pointing in radically different…
Poland Revokes Zelenskyy's Top Honor, Strain on Alliance Deepens Warsaw stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
Seismic instruments at 41 monitoring stations detected the quake, which had a magnitude error…
Southern Cross 2026: A Show of Allied Air Power More than 1,000 airmen and…
Test Fires Over Pacific Island Nations Exclusive Economic Zones The missile traveled over the…
Leaders of the Group of Seven nations convened an emergency virtual summit on Wednesday…
China Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile in Pacific Waters The Chinese navy test-launched a long-range…
Tehran Signals Willingness to Accept Enhanced MonitoringIranian officials signaled this week a significant shift…
ANKARA — NATO leaders gather in the Turkish capital on Monday for a two-day…
Coast Guard Ship-Days Near 2025 Full-Year Total in Six Months China Coast Guard patrols…
Trump Defends $250M America 250th Birthday Windfall The Trump administration on Wednesday offered its…
North Africa: Sudan's RSF Accused of Crimes Against Humanity Amnesty International's landmark report, released…
MEXICO CITY — The son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has…
China Fires Water Cannon at Philippine Vessel Near Second Thomas Shoal China's coast guard…
China Naval Response: PLA Drills Mirror Balikatan 2026Beijing held naval exercises in waters east…
GENEVA — The United States and Iran entered into a new round of indirect…
Japan fired a surface-to-ship missile from Philippine territory on Thursday in what military analysts…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh told an ECB forum in Sintra, Portugal on Wednesday…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to…
Iran held a state funeral in Tehran on Saturday for top military commanders and…
DAMASCUS — A bomb blast ripped through a busy cafe in central Damascus on…
Singapore has finalized a US$22.3 million purchase of additional AGM-114 Hellfire missiles from the…
Mexico City erupted in celebration on Tuesday as the national football team defeated Ecuador…
KYIV — Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital…
GENEVA — The United States and Iran entered a critical implementation phase of their…
DAKAR, Senegal — A new Ebola outbreak has spread from the Democratic Republic of…
Iran and the United States agreed Wednesday to establish a dedicated communication channel by…
NATO leaders gathered in Ankara on Tuesday for the opening of the alliance's 36th…
Russian forces launched a sweeping drone barrage across Ukraine overnight, striking energy infrastructure in…
A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Peru's northern coastal region early Thursday, sending shockwaves…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish signal at his first policy meeting,…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent on…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh's first policy…
Afghanistan's Taliban launched air strikes into Pakistani territory Wednesday while Islamabad said its forces…
China's most advanced coast guard ships surrounded and dispersed Philippine fishing vessels near Scarborough…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh's first meeting…
Iranian officials are expected in Doha Wednesday for talks with Qatari mediators on implementing…
The U.S. economy faces a mounting set of crosscurrents as tariff-related inflation persists, consumer…
The United States economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.6 percent in the…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is confronting an unprecedented convergence of political, humanitarian, and public…
The United States economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.2 percent in the…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its July meeting, with chairman Kevin…
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright…
The United States economy expanded at a below-trend annualized rate of 1.4 percent in…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is facing a dangerous convergence of military escalations, diplomatic ruptures,…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is entering one of its most volatile periods in recent…
China and Russia conducted their 11th joint strategic air patrol on Saturday, flying bombers…
Five African regions are simultaneously gripped by diplomatic ruptures, armed conflicts, and political crises,…
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and Japan have resumed their joint maritime search-and-rescue…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on offense against oil companies Tuesday, using the Trump…
Managua, Nicaragua — In a move that critics say has effectively erased the last…
South Korea and Japan took their most consequential step toward military integration in decades…
Pakistani airstrikes killed at least 36 civilians and wounded more than 160 others in…
La Paz, Bolivia — Bolivia has declared a state of emergency following 50 consecutive…
President Donald Trump announced at the G20 summit in Miami on Monday that his…
Death Toll Surpasses 1,300 as Heat Shifts East The death toll from the historic…
Warsh's Debut: Fed Holds Rates, Strips Out Cut Language The Federal Open Market Committee…
Tensions across the African continent escalated sharply this week as South Africa descended into…
Search and rescue teams from around the world are racing against time in Venezuela,…
A wave of overlapping crises is deepening Africa's ongoing democratic and humanitarian backslide, with…
Panama City, June 30 — Panama's Supreme Court has upheld the controversial constitutional reform…
Niger has formally notified the International Criminal Court of its decision to withdraw from…
Latest Wave of Strikes Kills at Least 15 Across UkraineRussian forces launched a fresh…
IMF Slashes Global Growth Forecast Amid Escalating Trade and Geopolitical TensionsThe International Monetary Fund…
Europe's most severe heat wave on record pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius across…
Three African nations convulsed by parallel political crises this weekend demonstrated the continent's accelerating…
Supreme Court's 6-3 Ruling Clears Path for Mass Deportations The Supreme Court handed President…
American and Iranian forces have agreed to a temporary stand-down in the Gulf following…
Russia said on Sunday it will not return hundreds of its nuclear engineers to…
The United States launched a second wave of military strikes against Iran on Saturday,…
A 6-3 Majority Strips Protections for 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 SyriansThe Supreme Court delivered…
Warsh's First Fed Meeting Ends With Hawkish Signal In Kevin Warsh's first meeting as…
The United States military struck multiple targets inside Iran on Saturday, officials confirmed, after…
The United States launched precision strikes against Iranian military infrastructure on Friday after Iranian…
A Hawkish Hold: No Rate Cuts, and Maybe Hikes on the TableThe Federal Open…
The Fed Holds as Warsh's Debut Dot Plot Surprises MarketsThe Federal Reserve held its…
Introduction: The End of Efficient Global Supply ChainsGlobal value chains have entered an era…
Iran warned on Thursday that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz cannot be…
The Statement Stripped BareThe Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously to keep its benchmark…
The Hot Mic That Stole the G7 Headlines The Group of Seven summit in…
The ECB Breaks Ranks: First Rate Hike Since 2023The European Central Bank raised its…
The Fed Holds, but the Split at the Top Tells a Different Story The…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 4.25% to 4.5% for the fourth…
The Federal Reserve's first policy decision under new Chair Kevin Warsh delivered exactly what…
The global economy is navigating a rare moment where two powerful forces are pulling…
Fed Balance Sheet at $6.73 Trillion as of June 10, Down 1.4 Trillion From…
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ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump declared the United States-Iran ceasefire "over" on Wednesday…
ANKARA, Turkey — NATO leaders wrapped a two-day summit in Ankara on Wednesday with…
President Donald Trump declared the United States-Iran ceasefire “over” on Wednesday, July 8, during…
Labor Market Cools But Holds Ground The U.S. economy added 175,000 nonfarm payrolls in…
More than 59,000 people have been killed in Sudan's war, according to the United…
Left-wing presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez conceded Peru's closely contested election to right-wing rival Keiko…
Bolivia has formally abandoned its 15-year fixed exchange rate to the US dollar, delivering…
West Africa Bears the Brunt of the Price Crisis Global cocoa futures have plummeted…
GENEVA — World leaders from the Group of Seven nations wrapped up a two-day…
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Nearly a week after two massive earthquakes struck the Venezuelan…
Sudan's besieged city of el-Obeid faces the imminent threat of mass atrocities as the…
PLA Launches Major Live-Fire Drills Around Taiwan The People's Liberation Army launched one of…
West Africa: G5 Sahel Fractures as Anti-French Sentiment SpreadsBurkina Faso severed diplomatic ties with…
BEIJING and MANILA — China and the United States staged competing military exercises in…
GDYNIA, Poland — NATO launched its largest and most consequential Baltic military exercise of…
China's People's Liberation Army Navy deployed vessels to shadow and monitor US-Philippine joint military…
In a sweeping 5-to-4 decision released Monday, the United States Supreme Court upheld the…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa's regional security architecture is fracturing along multiple fault lines, as…
EVIAN, France — World leaders from the Group of the Seven concluded a two-day…
North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from its Sinpo facility on July…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Ministry of Health confirmed its first three cases of Ebola…
China and the United States have agreed to establish a new monitoring and communication…
China's top diplomat warned Washington to handle Taiwan matters with "the utmost caution" during…
At least 10 people were killed and dozens more wounded Thursday after Russia launched…
Five African regions are simultaneously gripped by diplomatic ruptures, armed conflicts, and political crises,…
Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas told reporters Tuesday that McConnell, 84, had…
The United States signed a one-dollar annual lease with Israel on Tuesday, formally establishing…
President Donald Trump took his maiden voyage aboard a new Air Force One on…
China's newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, steamed through the Taiwan Strait this week for…
Australia and Vanuatu signed a landmark security agreement on June 29 that explicitly blocks…
The United States economy expanded at an annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the…
China's most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in…
Peru's conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has secured a historic victory, winning the 7 June…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, with the benchmark overnight rate…
Brazil's Supreme Court delivered a sweeping ruling Tuesday that halts a controversial $75 million…
DOHA — U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Qatar's prime minister in…
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's diplomatic pressure forced…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is confronting an unprecedented wave of overlapping crises stretching from…
Caracas, June 27 (Reuters) — The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose…
Five humanitarian workers were killed and four others injured Monday when their convoy was…
DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is facing an unprecedented convergence of armed conflicts, democratic reversals,…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh's first meeting…
North Korea has unveiled a sweeping expansion of its military arsenal, including ballistic missile…
The United States and Iran offered sharply different accounts Tuesday of what, if anything,…
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh’s first meeting…
MONACO — An explosive device detonated at a residential building entrance in Monaco on…
The Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on presidential authority Tuesday, handing President Donald…
DAKAR — The African continent is lurching between crises on multiple fronts as diplomatic…
Peru's conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has vowed to restore "order and hope" after defeating…
The African continent faced three compounding crises on Monday as a rapidly spreading Ebola…
Four African regions are in simultaneous crisis as a major Ebola outbreak spreads in…
China has deployed its most advanced aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait for the…
Uganda's military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba ordered the immediate closure of two of the country's…
Warsh's Debut: Fed Holds Rates, Strips Out Cut Language The Federal Open Market Committee…
Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni resigned on June 27, 2026, effective immediately, precipitating the…
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A Divided Court on Presidential Power The Supreme Court handed down two landmark decisions…
Morocco and the European Union have concluded a new four-year fishing agreement, ending months…
A Landmark Expansion of Presidential Firing Power In a pair of sweeping decisions issued…
NAIROBI — Two major diplomatic crises are reshaping Africa's geopolitical landscape, with Burkina Faso…
Tens of thousands of Malawian migrants stranded in South Africa are awaiting repatriation as…
Islamist rebels have intensified their siege on Bamako, Mali's capital, cutting fuel supplies and…
Kevin Warsh's First Meeting: Fed Holds Steady, Signals Rate Hikes on the Table In…
The United States and Iran agreed Sunday to halt hostilities in the Gulf and…
Burkina Faso Severs Diplomatic Ties with FranceBurkina Faso has broken off diplomatic relations with…
Supreme Court's 6-3 Ruling on Humanitarian Protections The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration…
Rescue teams in Venezuela pressed forward with search-and-recovery operations on Sunday as the death…
Russian forces struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Sunday morning,…
US Strikes Iran After Trump Accuses Tehran of Ceasefire Violation American forces launched a…
President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned signing ceremony for a landmark bipartisan housing…
President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military strikes Friday against Iranian military targets near the…
A Hawkish Hold: No Rate Cuts, and Maybe Hikes ComingThe Federal Open Market Committee…
International aid agencies rushed assistance to Venezuela on Thursday following a pair of devastating…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in Kevin Warsh's debut as…
World Bank Slashes Global Growth Forecast as Middle East Conflict Enters Fourth Month The…
Warsh Holds: The Fed's First Decision Under Its New ChairmanThe Federal Reserve held interest…
The Fed Holds, but the Dot Plot Reveals a Hawkish Shift The Federal Reserve…
The ECB Breaks Ranks: First Rate Hike Since 2023The European Central Bank raised its…
Consumer prices rose 4.2 percent annually in May 2026, the highest inflation reading in…
The Federal Reserve's first interest rate decision under Chairman Kevin Warsh concluded Wednesday with…
The conflict that erupted between Israel and Iran in mid-June 2026 has sent shockwaves…
The United Nations Security Council has demanded that the Rapid Support Forces militia halt…
Soia's statement came as European Union foreign ministers prepared to hold an extraordinary session…