Iran said on Monday it would not negotiate under 鈥榠ntimidation鈥�, after US president Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on Tehran by ending a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from its Shia neighbour.
France has urged the country鈥檚 research institutions to consider how to welcome scientists abandoning the United States in response to president Donald Trump鈥檚 policies, AFP learned on Sunday.
WHEN Volodymyr Zelenskyy penned his letter to Donald Trump, he wasn鈥檛 merely addressing to the president of the United States,聽 he was appealing to a man who views international diplomacy as a high-stakes real estate negotiation, where leverage, not principle, dictates the terms. Zelenskyy鈥檚 softened tone is not just a nod to reality 鈥� it is an invitation for Trump to...
Unprecedented cuts to the US government overseen by President Donald Trump's billionaire advisor Elon Musk are sending thousands of federal workers and contractors back to the labour market -- but experts warn that hiring is low at this time.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation formally adopted early Saturday an Arab League counter-proposal to US president Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, calling on the international community to support the regional initiative.
Scientists rallied in cities across the United States on Friday to denounce efforts by the administration of US president Donald Trump to eliminate key staff across multiple agencies and curb life-saving research.
Hamas on Friday urged US president Donald Trump to meet with Palestinian prisoners freed during the on-going truce in Gaza, following his meeting with released Israeli hostages the day before.
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened new sanctions and tariffs on Russia over its bombardments of Ukraine, after previously suspending US aid to Kyiv in a stated bid to encourage diplomacy.
President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed doubts over his commitment to the NATO alliance, saying countries that are not spending adequately on their militaries do not deserve defence.
US president Donald Trump on Thursday delayed some tariffs targeting Canada and Mexico, leading Ottawa to halt an upcoming wave of countermeasures 鈥� offering a reprieve to companies and consumers after blowback on financial markets.
Hamas said on Thursday that Donald Trump鈥檚 threats would encourage Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire, after the US president said that unless hostages are freed, the people of Gaza would be 鈥楧EAD鈥�...
Volodymyr Zelensky thanked EU leaders on Thursday for standing by Ukraine鈥檚 side, as the bloc held crisis talks on confronting US president Donald Trump鈥檚 pivot away from Kyiv and its transatlantic partners...
THE shifting tides of global politics have always been dictated by the convergence of interests among great powers. Recently, a new strategic alignment has emerged 鈥� one that promises to redefine the balance of power and reshape international relations. The growing understanding between US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin...
US president Donald Trump said Wednesday that Democrats who heckled him during a speech to Congress behaved so badly they deserve to lose the next congressional election.
A French university announced Wednesday it would welcome scientists from the United States working in areas threatened by funding cuts under President Donald Trump's administration.
Arab leaders endorsed on Tuesday a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority, presenting an alternative to US president Donald Trump鈥檚 widely condemned proposal to take over the territory and displace its people...
US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Ukraine鈥檚 leader Volodymyr Zelensky has told him Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia and the finalisation of a US minerals deal, days after the pair鈥檚 explosive White House meeting...
Greenland鈥檚 prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump鈥檚 pledge to take the Arctic territory 鈥榦ne way or the other鈥�, insisting that islanders did not see their future with the United States or even Denmark...
Panamanian president Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of 鈥榣ying鈥� about Washington taking back the Panama Canal...
SINCE the Communist Revolution in 1949 till February 1972, the United States has not recognised Mao Zedong鈥檚 China. It has accepted the People鈥檚 Republic of China (Taiwan) as the legitimate Chinese government. In 1953, the Soviet Union and China together fought a war on the Korean peninsula against the US-led coalition. The Soviet Union and China fell apart...
US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will cut funding for schools that allow 鈥榠llegal protests,鈥� his latest threat to turn off the flow of federal money to the country鈥檚 education system...
TOO many opposite and unyielding opinions are ranged on the subject, which requires an explanatory note before coming to the point. The ungainly White House spat between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky has gripped everyone鈥檚 attention. But let me make a small point...
Ukraine on Tuesday sought to maintain bonds with Washington after president Donald Trump ordered US military aid deliveries be suspended following a public clash with counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants including a Bangladeshi detained in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he was still 鈥榬eady鈥� to sign a minerals deal with the United States that fell through after a televised clash with president Donald Trump.
Russia鈥檚 foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday said US president Donald Trump showed 鈥榬estraint鈥� by not hitting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during their shouting match in the White House...
US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was 鈥榥ot ready鈥� for peace with Russia.
US president Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new 鈥榞old card鈥� residency permits for a price of $5 million each 鈥� and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible...
US President Donald Trump鈥檚 official social media accounts posted an apparently AI-generated video depicting war-ravaged Gaza rebuilt into a seaside resort, replete with a towering golden statue of himself.
DONALD Trump in the United States is showing how, in a democratic polity, the winner of the people鈥檚 mandate can become an unstoppable extreme force. Critics of the National People鈥檚 Power government frequently jibe at the government鈥檚 economic policy as being a mere continuation of the essential features of the economic policy of former president...