Politics

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, listing 158 firms from 11...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Friday followed up his cheering of the indictment of political opponent James Comey by branding the former FBI director a "dirty cop" and...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's announcement of steep new tariffs on medicines and other goods drew pushback from some allies on Friday, with the EU claiming immunity for...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Sweeping UN sanctions look likely to return on Iran after the failure of a last-ditch effort on Friday by China and Russia to secure...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to deliver a defiant message to the UN on Friday against a Palestinian state, but faces rare...

Houston (AFP) - A man convicted of killing a gas station clerk was put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama, one of two executions carried out in the United...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump announced Thursday punishing tariffs on pharmaceuticals, big-rig trucks, home renovation fixtures and furniture, reviving his global trade war. The late-evening announcement is the harshest...

(AFP) - The Trump administration is in talks to take an equity stake in Lithium Americas, which would insert the government into another private enterprise in the latest challenge to...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - An elderly US man who was body slammed to the ground as immigration agents raided his Los Angeles car wash said Thursday he is...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump warned Thursday that a government shutdown was looming, as the White House raised the stakes in a clash with Democrats by threatening mass federal...