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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - US top diplomat Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that the deployment of North Korean troops alongside Russian forces on the Ukrainian border demanded a "firm response," during...

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, will lead a new US government efficiency group tasked with cutting federal waste, as the Republican...

(AFP) - In leaning on hawks Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz, Donald Trump is setting the stage for an existential battle against China -- although, as always, the president-elect's knack...

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday banned all civilian flights to Haiti for a month, a day after three jetliners approaching or departing from its gang-ridden capital Port-au-Prince...

Washington (AFP) - A stocks rally following Donald Trump's US election win lost steam Tuesday as traders looked to consolidate recent gains, sending major indices lower on both sides of...

Boston (AFP) - The US airman who admitted to leaking a trove of classified Pentagon documents that revealed Washington apparently spied on allies and doubted Ukraine's military strength was jailed...

Washington (AFP) - A federal jury on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison,...

Baku (AFP) - They may be out of a job when Donald Trump takes office in two months, but US officials kept a busy schedule at UN climate talks, reminding...

Baku (AFP) - Leaders of nations beset by climate disasters appealed Tuesday at the COP29 summit for greater urgency in fighting global warming, while others defended fossil fuels and their...

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's outgoing government announced on Tuesday a rule to impose fees on the oil and gas industry for waste methane emissions from drilling operations,...