DUBAI – Iran remains committed to diplomacy with the United States, the government said on Monday, after a fourth round of nuclear talks with Washington was postponed over the weekend. “We have announced our commitment to continuing the path of…

As financial markets pin their hopes on a de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war, some experts caution that meaningful progress in striking a deal between the world’s two largest economies may still be some way off. “Either tariffs are cut…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and his advisers have had some good discussions about Russia and Ukraine in recent days, without elaborating. Speaking to reporters as he returned to the White House after a weekend…

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed he had offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum combat drug trafficking, an offer Sheinbaum disclosed on Saturday and said she had refused….

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are increasingly clogging up the wheels of a world economy which for decades were greased by predictable and relatively free trade. Big-name multinationals right down to niche e-commerce players last week cut sales targets, warned…

KUALA LUMPUR -There is a possibility that Malaysia can negotiate a reduction in threatened U.S. tariffs as Washington has agreed to further talks, but the global trade war meant economic growth was likely to be below target this year, the…

ISTANBUL -Turkey’s monthly inflation rate is expected to climb to 3.1% in April, driven by energy prices and lira depreciation following the imprisonment of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. The median estimate of…

Britain’s counter-terrorism police arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of terrorism offences over a plot to target a specific premises, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Sunday. The arrests occurred on Saturday in Swindon, west…

MANILA -Two people, including a four-year-old girl, were killed and several others injured after a car crashed into the entrance of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday, the Philippine Red Cross said. The airport said the “vehicular accident” occurred…

MOSCOW – Chinese President Xi Jinping will make an official visit to Russia from May 7-10, where he will participate in celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Kremlin said on Sunday. In a statement…

MOSCOW- Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not arise. In a fragment of an upcoming interview with…

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to release his fiscal year 2026 budget on Friday and will send it to Capitol Hill, Axios reported on Thursday. The annual White House budget request includes detailed proposals about how much money should be…

A stablecoin launched by Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture is being used by an Abu Dhabi investment firm for its $2 billion investment in crypto exchange Binance, one of World Liberty’s co-founders said on Thursday. It’s the latest…

Language learning app Duolingo forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates and lifted its annual sales expectations on Thursday, as more users pay for subscriptions featuring AI features, sending its shares up 13% in extended trading. Duolingo operates on a…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its bid to strip temporary protected status for more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants, a move that would clear the way for their deportation. The…

BOSTON -The U.S. Department of Justice accused three of the nation’s largest health insurers of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to brokers in exchange for steering patients into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans. In a lawsuit filed…

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said Brussels wants to increase purchases of goods from United States by 50 billion euros ($56.46 billion) to address a “problem” in the trade relationship, adding the bloc is making “certain progress” towards striking a…

WASHINGTON -Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, told U.S. senators on Thursday he could be trusted to exercise good judgment if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to France, despite his past conviction for tax evasion and…

Kleenex tissue maker said on Thursday it would invest $2 billion over five years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States amid a push for local manufacturing under U.S. President Donald Trump. The Trump administration’s efforts to impose…

Microsoft’s Xbox is hiking the prices of its gaming consoles, controllers, first-party titles and other accessories, following similar moves by competitors due to U.S. tariffs impacting global supply chains. In a blog post on Thursday, Xbox said it will raise…

BEIJING – China’s factory activity slowed at the start of the second quarter, with a sharp fall in new export orders and the resumption of employment declines, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday. The survey shows U.S. tariffs beginning to…

BEIJING -China’s manufacturing activity contracted in April, an official survey showed on Wednesday, reversing two months of recovery and keeping alive calls for further stimulus as Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs called time on producers front-loading shipments. The official purchasing managers’…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that now is the time for concrete proposals from Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine and warned that the U.S. will step back as a mediator…

HAVANA -Cuba on Tuesday arrested high-profile dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer for violating the terms of his parole just three months after releasing the activist from jail as part of a Vatican-brokered deal with the Biden administration. Ferrer had failed to…

The Texas health department reported 663 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 17 cases since April 25, as the U.S. battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease. Cases in Gaines County, the…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals staged a major political comeback to retain power in parliamentary elections, fuelled by a backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and comments on making Canada the 51st U.S. state. With almost all votes…

A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man in her court briefly evade immigration authorities has added prominent conservative lawyer and leading U.S. Supreme Court advocate Paul Clement to her defense team. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, was…