Politics

China is seeking to surpass the United States as the top power in the world, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday, as he again warned on Taiwan. Successive...

Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Thursday that it plans to raise defence spending by almost 70 percent next year, funnelling massive resources into its Ukraine offensive to fight what it...

President Joe Biden will warn that Donald Trump and his "extremist" allies pose a danger to US democracy in a speech Thursday, sharpening his attacks on his likely Republican challenger...

US Republicans began impeachment inquiry hearings into Joe Biden on Thursday, escalating an eight-month corruption investigation that has failed to uncover evidence of wrongdoing by the president. The party says...

A year after the US Supreme Court abolished nationwide access to abortion care, many American women are settling into a new reality: arranging costly trips to terminate their pregnancies in...

He is better known for rallying global support for Ukraine, but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday picked up another favorite tool of diplomacy -- his guitar. The...

In the shadow of Air Force One, and with the image of Ronald Reagan all around them, Republican presidential hopefuls gathered Wednesday to try to claim the mantle of one...

Washington (AFP) - No matter the distance or the weather, Jane Christensen was determined to see the giant pandas before they left Washington. Now in her 60s, Christensen told AFP...

Seven US presidential hopefuls tussled over immigration controls and the economy Wednesday at the second Republican primary debate -- but saved some of their most strident remarks to slam frontrunner...

New York (AFP) - A key selling point of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run was that he was a businessman, not a politician. But his corporate empire -- which served...