Politics

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump thrusting the country into a new Middle East war has prompted backlash from Americans across the political spectrum -- with the exception of his...

(AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Iran is being "decimated" and it is unclear who is in charge, as Tehran sent jitters through global markets by...

(AFP) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that it "takes money to kill bad guys" when asked if the Pentagon had requested $200 billion in funding for the...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike any more Iranian gas fields, seeking to distance himself from an...

(AFP) - Democrats and activists celebrated Thursday the release of a US high school student from Venezuela who spent 10 months in custody after his arrest by immigration officials enforcing...

Vilnius (AFP) - Belarus freed 250 political prisoners on Thursday following negotiations with the United States, while Washington agreed to remove sanctions on several Belarusian companies in return, a US...

(AFP) - Iranian attacks on the world's largest LNG plant in Qatar and refineries in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait sent shock waves through energy markets Thursday as the US said...

(AFP) - The head of US intelligence declined again Thursday to endorse President Donald Trump's claim that Iran posed an "imminent" threat before the United States and Israel launched military...

(AFP) - US senators advanced President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security in a knife-edge committee vote Thursday, after a combative hearing exposed concerns about his...

(AFP) - US senators were set for a pivotal committee vote Thursday on whether to advance President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, after a combative...