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Washington (United States) (AFP) - Thousands of oil contracts -- a far higher volume than normal -- were traded 15 minutes before US President Donald Trump pledged to halt strikes...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - A Venezuelan man deported by the United States last year to a notorious prison in El Salvador filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday...

New York (AFP) - US officials on Tuesday played down speculation that distracted air traffic controllers might have contributed to a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a...

(AFP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told AFP on Tuesday that her country's formerly all-powerful socialist ideology has been fatally "wounded" by US President Donald Trump. The regime...

Paris (France) (AFP) - Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war:- Oil drops after Trump peace plan -Crude oil prices fell sharply in early Wednesday trading...

Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) - President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Russia's "absolute depravity" Tuesday after Moscow staged massive drone attacks on Ukraine, killing multiple people and hitting the UNESCO heritage site of...

New York (AFP) - Oil prices jumped Tuesday as traders turned cautious over the prospect of a negotiated agreement between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East...

Geneva (AFP) - Gang violence in Haiti and security operations targeting the gangs led to more than 5,500 deaths between March 2025 and mid-January, the United Nations said Tuesday. The...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on the Moon, while suspending its plans to...

Kabul (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban government released a US national on Tuesday who had been detained for more than a year, after a letter from his family requesting his freedom....