BEIJING – The U.S. should stop making threats and resorting to coercion if it wants to make a deal, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks about potentially lower tariffs on China….

U.S. President Donald Trump is frustrated with the pace of talks on ending the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is going in the wrong direction when it comes to negotiations, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday….

DUBAI -New U.S. sanctions against Iran’s energy sector point to Washington’s “lack of goodwill and seriousness” over dialogue with Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday ahead of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks this weekend. On Tuesday, Washington targeted an Iranian…

LONDON -Global aid funding cuts, led by the United States, are disrupting efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases almost as much as the COVID-19 pandemic did, the United Nations said on Thursday. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, including measles, meningitis…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, after earlier saying he planned to travel to London. After speaking…

Costa Rica granted 85 migrants, who were deported in February by the Trump administration, a special status that will allow them to freely move within the country, the country’s immigration director, Omar Badilla, said on Wednesday. President Rodrigo Chaves’ government…

WASHINGTON – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said on Tuesday that the agency plans to remove petroleum-based synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply by revoking authorizations of some and working with industry…

BEIJING – China has imposed sanctions on some U.S. congress members, government officials as well as heads of non-governmental organisations for “egregious behaviour on Hong Kong-related issues”, its foreign ministry said on Monday. The sanctions come in response to the…

MOSCOW -The Kremlin said on Monday that the position of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine gave Moscow satisfaction, but declined to comment on Trump’s hopes for deal this week. U.S. envoy General Keith…

VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul…

THE HAGUE -Russia is increasing its hybrid attacks aimed at undermining society in the Netherlands and its European allies, and Russian hackers have already targeted the Dutch public service, Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD said on Tuesday. “We see the…

LONDON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a landmark ruling that the legal definition of a woman under equality laws should be based on biological sex provided much-needed clarity and a clear position to underpin gender policies. The Supreme…

BEIJING -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday urged Britain and the European Union to safeguard multilateral trading systems, as Beijing seeks to rally support from trading partners to counter U.S. tariff measures. Wang told British Foreign Secretary David Lammy…

Drugmakers have been warned that the Trump Administration is considering linking U.S. medicine prices to lower amounts paid by other developed countries, according to two company sources who called the option the pharmaceutical industry’s top concern. Both sources, who were…

DUBAI – Iran told the United States in talks last week it was ready to accept some limits on its uranium enrichment but needed watertight guarantees President Donald Trump would not again ditch a nuclear pact, a senior Iranian official…

MOSCOW – Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday on the eve of a second round of talks with…

The United States has started drawing down hundreds of troops from northeastern Syria, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases, reducing troop levels to about 1,400 from 2,000, the…

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni each expressed confidence on Thursday that the United States and Europe will be able to negotiate a trade deal before his 90-day pause on some tariffs ends. The 27-nation…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was in no hurry to launch an attack on Iran over its nuclear program, a day ahead of U.S.-Iran talks in Rome. Asked about a New York Times report that said…

A deputy sheriff’s son killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University on Thursday before he was shot by officers and hospitalized, authorities said. Police believe the gunman – the son of a Leon County sheriff’s deputy…

KYIV – Russian forces are trying out a new tactic of larger-scale assaults involving several hundred troops, according to Ukraine’s military, as Kyiv girds for a new offensive push from its bigger adversary more than three years into a full-scale…

LONDON – Plans are afoot for an American-owned company seized by the Kremlin and placed under state control to be used to supply food to the Russian army, a document seen by Reuters showed, potentially threatening Moscow’s warming relations with…

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a two-month low last week, suggesting labor market conditions remained stable in April, though uncertainty around tariffs is making businesses hesitant to boost hiring. President Donald…

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Elon Musk, comparing him to Sergei Korolev, the chief engineer behind the Soviet Union’s space success in the 1950s and 1960s, state news agency TASS reported. TASS cited Putin, who was…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that he plans to commission a series of studies to identify environmental contributors to autism he claims are linked to its rising prevalence in the country. Speaking at his…

NEW YORK – A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday over his 2023 conviction for acting as an illegal Chinese agent. Michael McMahon was charged with being hired as a private…

NEW YORK -Some baby food manufacturers are failing to meet California’s standards for lead, which are the most stringent in the nation, according to a Reuters analysis of new test results released for the first time. The results are being…

UNITED NATIONS – China will next week convene an informal United Nations Security Council meeting to accuse the United States of bullying and “casting a shadow over the global efforts for peace and development” by weaponizing tariffs. The move comes…