Politics

(AFP) - Donald Trump was set to cap a historic political comeback on Monday as Congress certifies his election victory, in a remarkable turn from four years ago, when a...

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks Monday in crisis-riven South Korea, seeking to encourage policy stability in the US ally, including in its complicated relationship with...

(AFP) - President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed optimism in an interview published Sunday that "strong" incoming US president Donald Trump will be able to force Russia into peace talks and end...

Washington (AFP) - The speaker of the US House said Sunday he was pushing an "aggressive" timeframe for getting a multi-trillion-dollar bill addressing immigration, tax cuts and more to Donald...

(AFP) - Elon Musk on Sunday appeared to do a U-turn on his support for Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's anti-immigration Reform UK party, after the former Brexit figurehead publicly...

(AFP) - Ministers from Syria's transitional government urged the United States to lift its sanctions on Damascus during their first visit to Qatar since overthrowing president Bashar al-Assad. In a...

(AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid an unofficial visit to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Saturday, the latest foreign leader hosted by the US president-elect as...

New York (AFP) - New York launched a controversial scheme Sunday to charge drivers entering parts of the city, a first in the United States, putting local authorities on a...

(AFP) - With Donald Trump's allies in open warfare ahead of his inauguration, analysts see the latest hostilities between his billionaire backers and working-class base as a preview of tensions...

(AFP) - Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who fled the country after a tumultuous election and subsequent police crackdown, said Saturday he has plans to speak with US President...