Politics

(AFP) - Armed troops patrolling for migrants have become a familiar sight in Eagle Pass, Texas.  While President Donald Trump's order this week declaring a "national emergency" at the Mexican...

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the tone as he said more Americans may be...

(AFP) - Donald Trump has shaken up America and the world in an extraordinary first week back in the White House that saw him remake the US political universe in...

(AFP) - Donald Trump has long ranted against wind energy -- claiming turbines are unsightly, dangerous to wildlife and too expensive -- with him threatening to upend decades of industry...

(AFP) - The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than...

(AFP) - North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding that the weapons "precisely" hit their targets. "The war deterrence means of...

(AFP) - Tens of thousands of Germans rallied Saturday against the far right ahead of next month's legislative elections, as US tech billionaire Elon Musk again endorsed the anti-immigrant AfD...

(AFP) - US tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a video address to a campaign rally of Germany's anti-immigration AfD party Saturday, his latest show of support ahead of the country's...

(AFP) - The US Senate on Saturday confirmed South Dakota governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a key agency in President Donald Trump's push to...

(AFP) - Former infantryman and Fox News personality Pete Hegseth was sworn in as US defense secretary Saturday, having narrowly won Senate confirmation despite allegations of alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct...