U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is seriously considering renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America," a symbolic escalation in a deepening trade dispute with Canada. Writing on his Truth Socia…
Diplomacy
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross warned on Tuesday that the world is "dangerously close" to machines autonomously attacking people, urging governments to immediately…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow for meetings on Tuesday, according to U.S. media citing unnamed sources. Neither the U.S. government nor the Kremlin has officially confirmed the trip, and K…
A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III landed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Tuesday, according to flight tracking data, in an unusual visit whose purpose has not been officially explained. The…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world's leading powers are discovering the limits of their own strength, pointing to prolonged conflicts in Ukraine and Iran as ev…
The U.S. State Department is preparing to send diplomats back to Middle East embassies as early as this week, scaling back emergency measures imposed during the conflict with Iran, according to an int…
Qatar is maintaining daily phone contacts with the United States and Iran in an effort to bring both sides back to negotiations, though no resumption has been confirmed, Foreign Ministry spokesperson…
Pakistan and Iran announced significant diplomatic progress on Tuesday after army chief Asim Munir held a day of intensive meetings in Tehran aimed at reviving stalled negotiations between Washington…
China has pledged to take all necessary measures to protect its interests after the United States announced sweeping new economic sanctions targeting countries that trade with Iran. Foreign Ministry s…
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has acknowledged that diplomatic dialogue with the United States is stalled with no defined agenda, while dismissing suggestions that the island is on the verge of co…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that US sanctions targeting International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane are incompatible with Japan's position and deeply concerning, pushin…
The United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday after a mandatory congressional review period expired, ending a designation that had been in place for 47 years.…
U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to ease military pressure on Pyongyang, deciding last week to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea in what he described as a goodwill gesture. Seoul c…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney abandoned a trade agreement with the United States after Washington demanded concessions on French language and cultural protections, triggering tariffs that took e…
Annalena Baerbock will take up a professorship in global leadership at Columbia University in New York this autumn, following the conclusion of her one-year term as president of the United Nations Gen…
The United States proposed expanding the existing UN arms embargo on Darfur to cover all of Sudan during a Security Council meeting on Monday, arguing the measure is needed to contain a conflict now i…
The United States plans to limit visas for foreign journalists to 240 days, with a possible extension for a further 240 days, under regulations set to take effect on September 15. In response, major G…
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met Mossad chief Roman Gofman in Jordan on Sunday to de-escalate tensions after Israeli strikes hit the Abu al-Duhur airbase earlier this week. The two sides…