Politics

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs have rocked financial markets and caused a surge in business uncertainty, even as he temporarily held off higher rates for dozens of...

(AFP) - Files related to the assassinations of former US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr will be released in the coming days,...

(AFP) - The US ambassador to Ukraine who has offered robust support during the war is stepping down, the State Department said Thursday, as President Donald Trump shifts gears and...

(AFP) - The Republican-led US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would add proof-of-citizenship requirements to voter registration, in a vote designed to mobilize supporters concerned about election...

(AFP) - The Republican-led US Congress adopted a budget Thursday that unlocks trillions of dollars for President Donald Trump's agenda, jump-starting what Democrats say is a plan to dismantle social...

(AFP) - Republicans in Congress pledged Thursday to press ahead on advancing US President Donald Trump's tax agenda after being forced by hardline conservatives to cancel a vote on their...

(AFP) - A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald...

(AFP) - Russia and the United States exchanged prisoners on Thursday, the second such swap since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House as the two countries push...

Montreal (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called US President Donald Trump's pause on global tariffs a "welcome reprieve" and said Ottawa will begin negotiations with Washington on a...

(AFP) - US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will be in Oman for breakthrough talks on Tehran's nuclear programme this weekend. Here are short profiles...