Politics

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump committed Wednesday to announcing "reciprocal tariffs" on other countries, saying he could sign an order for them within a day, a move that...

Washington (AFP) - US officials said Wednesday they had secured the release of three "hostages" who had been detained in Belarus, including an American citizen, in a diplomatic success for...

(AFP) - Donald Trump was appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, as a new board of trustees loyal to the US president brought his aggressive rightwing, anti-"woke" stamp...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's planned 25-percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports will stack on the hefty duties earlier announced on Canada and Mexico, a White...

(AFP) - The Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday as Donald Trump's choice to lead the country's intelligence services, despite criticism over her lack of experience and past...

(AFP) - Republicans vowed Wednesday to tackle the "stunning" US national debt, as lawmakers began work on President Donald Trump's plan for the most radical downsizing of the federal government...

Washington (AFP) - The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier,...

Washington (AFP) - Apple has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" for US users of its mapping application to comply with an executive order by President...

(AFP) - With its flattering rhetoric, leniency in responding to US trade threats and alignment with Washington this week at a summit on artificial intelligence, the United Kingdom has signalled...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump has threatened to broaden his trade war by unveiling reciprocal tariffs Thursday, the latest among sweeping measures targeting allies and competitors alike. Trump's fresh...