Politics

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's Middle East envoy held talks in the region Tuesday as hopes rose for a new deal to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought progress combatting coups and extremism in West Africa in talks with two key leaders, as he pointed to Ivory Coast as...

Washington (AFP) - The symbolic "Doomsday Clock" was held at 90 seconds to midnight Tuesday, reflecting existential threats to humanity posed by potential nuclear escalation from the war in Ukraine...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday made his first appearance since being hospitalized for complications from cancer treatment -- a stay he concealed from both the White House and...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday praised Ivory Coast for choosing a less militarised approach to security, on a tour to rally African democracies as crises engulf the...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday meets the presidents of Nigeria and Ivory Coast in a bid to forge a united front with key African democracies as crises...

Donald Trump aims to steamroll his way toward the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary by making short work of his only surviving opponent, former UN ambassador Nikki...

Peace activists are urging US voters considering candidates for November's presidential election to instead write "ceasefire" on their ballots in protest over Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. "Vote...

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris put abortion rights at the center of their reelection campaign Monday, attacking Republicans over an issue that Democrats see as a...

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is often called a moderate when compared to Donald Trump, her ex-boss-turned-rival for the 2024 Republican presidential ticket. But what does that word mean in...