Politics

(AFP) - The heads of major central banks have thrown their support behind the US Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell, saying in a joint statement Tuesday that it...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take Greenland by force from NATO ally Denmark in order to keep the Arctic island from Beijing's hands. But analysts...

Paris (France) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on any country doing business with Iran, ramping up pressure as a rights group estimated a crackdown...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday wades into the hot-button issue of transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports. The conservative-dominated court is to hear...

(AFP) - The US state of Minnesota sued the Trump administration on Monday over the immigration crackdown that saw a woman protester fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis...

Sydney (AFP) - Australia said Tuesday its ambassador to the United States is leaving after a three-year tenure overshadowed by President Donald Trump's verdict on him: "I don't like you...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump has options to intervene in protest-hit Iran that range from low to high risk, but choosing his course depends on him deciding his ultimate...

(AFP) - Washington announced Monday Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up...

(AFP) - US Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, accusing him of violating the constitution by seeking to punish the Democratic lawmaker over a video urging...

Washington (United States) (AFP) - US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has generally avoided escalation in the face of Donald Trump's relentless criticism -- but in recent months, the central...