Politics

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee. Strongly...

(AFP) - The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, to be deputy attorney general, the second-highest ranking job in the Justice Department. Blanche,...

(AFP) - The United States on Wednesday confirmed unprecedented direct talks with Hamas on hostages, as Israel threatened to renew its military campaign in Gaza despite a fragile ceasefire. The...

(AFP) - Consumer items ranging from avocados and strawberries to electronics and gasoline look poised for price hikes in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut some 80,000 jobs from the federal department overseeing veterans' health care and other benefits, according to a memo obtained Wednesday by...

(AFP) - For decades, Mexico's industrial borderlands boomed thanks to growing trade with the world's largest economy next door. Today, US tariffs cast a long shadow over a region home...

(AFP) - Greenlanders on Wednesday shrugged off US President Donald Trump's vow to take over the Arctic island, seeing it merely as an opportunity to advance their own independence bid....

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it planned to hold new talks with the United States after Washington suspended its intelligence sharing, delivering a fresh blow to Kyiv...

(AFP) - A divided US Supreme Court handed a legal defeat to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, rejecting his bid to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments. The...

(AFP) - The Democratic mayors of four US cities were hauled over the coals in Congress Wednesday over "pro-criminal" immigration policies, as Republicans seek to back up President Donald Trump's...