Politics

(AFP) - The United States announced Wednesday it is tightening sanctions against Iran's oil industry as Tehran keeps up its closure of the Strait of Hormuz as part of the...

(AFP) - YouTube has terminated a channel belonging to a pro-Iran group producing viral Lego-themed AI videos that ridicule US President Donald Trump, the Google-owned platform said Wednesday, sparking online...

New York (AFP) - New York's leftist mayor condemned Wednesday a video of plainclothes police beating a man in a clip that has gone viral and prompted an official investigation....

(AFP) - It's been dubbed the "Arc de Trump. " But now President Donald Trump's latest building project has an official name -- the "United States Triumphal Arch

(AFP) - President Donald Trump renewed pressure Wednesday on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with the US leader threatening to fire the central bank chief if he stays beyond his...

(AFP) - A top US lawmaker called on FIFA to pay for World Cup public transportation costs on Tuesday following a report that local authorities in New Jersey are planning...

Johannesburg (AFP) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a key figure in South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, Roelf Meyer, to be the next ambassador to the United States,...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump's choice for central bank chair is set to face a confirmation hearing next Tuesday, in a nomination some have criticized as an attempt to...

(AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received a sharp rebuke from US President Donald Trump and suspended a defence agreement with Israel on Tuesday, signalling a shift in her...

(AFP) - The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to provide refugee status in Russia for South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, in...