China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday boasted of over $4 billion in agricultural contracts signed by China and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the same day President Donald Trump was announcing historic deals in Riyadh.
President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, one day after announcing the U.S. would drop sanctions against Syria.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa insists white Afrikaner refugees are not “being persecuted or treated badly.”
Soon after President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the White House said he was prepared to meet with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda and Islamic State lieutenant who has governed Syria since his insurgent alliance toppled dictator Bashar Assad in December.
The White House issued an executive order on Monday that reduced the tariffs on “de minimis” shipments from China to 54 percent or $100, whichever is less.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte won re-election to his old job as mayor of Davao City by a landslide on Monday, despite languishing in a detention cell in the Netherlands while he awaits trial by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of jihadist terror group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), reportedly offered oil and gas concessions, peaceful relations with Israel, and even a new Trump Tower in the capital of Damascus as inducements for President Donald Trump to meet with him during Trump’s visit to the Middle East this week.
Pope Leo XIV urged reporters to do their part in protecting the “precious gift of free speech” in his first address to the media.
China sought to claim some of the credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan brokered by President Donald Trump on Saturday, playing up phone calls made to both sides by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the conflict escalated to the brink of war.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish separatist organization in Turkey, confirmed Monday it will disband after 40 years of conflict and over 40,000 deaths.
After a night of steadily escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, including each side launching attacks on the other’s military bases, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday morning that his administration was able to mediate a “full and immediate ceasefire” in the conflict.
Indian officials have offered a dramatic reduction in tariffs across the board in exchange for relief from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a report says.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is running for his old job as mayor of Davao City from a detention cell in The Hague.
The Communist Party of Russia on Thursday unveiled a bust of brutal dictator Josef Stalin in the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol.
Indian and Pakistani forces traded artillery and small-arms fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed province of Kashmir on Thursday night.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied reports that Iran has proposed “direct” nuclear talks with the United States, and possibly even a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian.
A flourishing industry of “origin washing” services has appeared on Chinese social media, offering to help export companies evade U.S. tariffs by pretending their products were shipped from other Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand.
India’s governing BJP party said on Thursday that its “Operation Sindhoor” counter-terrorist airstrikes on Pakistan “eliminated” Abdul Rauf Azhar, the operational commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group and the mastermind behind American journalist Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and beheading in 2002.
The conflict between India and Pakistan continued on Thursday, with each side accusing the other of using drones to attack military targets in a major escalation of hostilities.
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held a hearing on Tuesday to investigate reports that China is constructing four powerful signals intelligence (SIGINT) facilities in Cuba to spy on Americans.
President Donald Trump’s idea for a 100-percent tariff on foreign film production has enjoyed a rollercoaster ride since he introduced it on Sunday evening.
The Houthi insurgents of Yemen confirmed they have reached an agreement with the U.S. to “pause” their attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, in exchange for a pause in U.S. airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen.
Canadian news outlets and politicians quarreled over the style and substance of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
Pakistani officials vowed to retaliate for India’s “Operation Sindoor” strikes against alleged terrorist camps on Tuesday night, while India insisted its actions were “measured, non-escalatory, proportionate, and responsible.”
Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Sunday that Iran has successfully tested an advanced solid-fueled ballistic missile that can penetrate the American-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system and strike targets in Israel.
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday ordered several states, including the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region and areas close to the Pakistani border, to conduct civilian defense drills amid rising tensions with Pakistan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump held what both leaders described as a “productive” telephone conference on Monday.
China and Egypt on Sunday concluded their first joint aerial exercise – a troubling example of cooperation between America’s primary adversary and the recipient of $1.5 billion in annual American assistance.
OPEC+ has reportedly begun to “unwind” voluntary production cuts, reducing oil prices to punish recalcitrant members, and perhaps to please President Donald Trump.
Three South Korean companies, acting with the support of their government, have presented Canada with an unsolicited $20 billion plan to upgrade its submarines, artillery, and armored vehicles.
Kenya’s President William Ruto raised his arm to block a shoe that was thrown at him during a rally in the western county of Migori on Sunday, where he delivered a speech about the rising cost of living that has angered the Kenyan public.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen threatened on Monday to impose a “complete air blockade” of Israel, building from their success at landing a missile in the general vicinity of Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday.
Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa policy, told Reuters on Thursday that the administration wants the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to sign a peace treaty with each other — and then sign Ukraine-style minerals deals with the United States.
Reporters Without Borders finds global press freedom at an “all-time low” and claims it declined sharply in the U.S. under President Trump.
China’s May Day holiday was a poor one at the Chinese box office, with a dropoff of more than 50 percent from the same period last year.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a social media campaign to persuade Chinese officials to turn against their authoritarian regime and leak secret information to the United States.
Chinese police have reportedly detained dozens of small investors who were scammed out of their money by a state-linked investment group, accusing the victims of acting on behalf of “overseas anti-China forces” by airing their grievances in public.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday brushed aside the demands of Syrian Kurds for partial autonomy under a decentralized Syrian government as “nothing more than a dream.” The junta currently in control of Damascus was also unreceptive to Kurdish ambitions for independence.
Lee Jae-myung, the front-running candidate in South Korea’s special presidential election, may have been disqualified by a ruling from the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that the “perpetrators, backers, and planners” of last week’s brutal terrorist attack in Kashmir “must be brought to justice.”
