Politics

(AFP) - The US government shutdown barreled towards its second month Friday and the pain is spreading fast -- with federal workers broke, food aid under threat and millions of...

(AFP) - China and the United States should build "trust" in order to co-exist, Beijing's defence minister said on Friday, but cautioned Washington about its "words and deeds" on Taiwan....

(AFP) - A year after Donald Trump swept to power, Republicans face their first major test at the polls, with voters in two of the most populous US states set...

Cedros (Trinidad and Tobago) (AFP) - A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and...

(AFP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro is struggling to access his salary after being hit with US sanctions, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. Petro, his wife, one of his...

Bogotá (AFP) - Colombia's left-wing President Gustavo Petro had trouble refueling his plane on a trip to the Middle East after being sanctioned by the United States, his government said...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump reiterated Friday that he wants testing of US nuclear weapons but again failed to clarify whether he meant live explosions in a directive that has...

(AFP) - The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted annually by the United States to a record low and...

(AFP) - More than a hundred American state and local leaders will attend next month's COP30 climate talks in Brazil, including governors, state officials and mayors, even as the Trump...

(AFP) - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed on Thursday to calm the trade war between China and the United States that has roiled global markets, with Washington cutting some...