Biden welcomes release of Americans from Iran and announces new sanctions on Iranians for wrongful detentions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden welcomes release of Americans from Iran and announces new sanctions on Iranians for wrongful detentions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden welcomes release of Americans from Iran and announces new sanctions on Iranians for wrongful detentions.
It spells "financial catastrophe" for the former president, said his onetime fixer and attorney.
The Chinese military released an animated short film on National Day showing pieces of a scroll painting torn in two more than 300 years ago being reunited, in a show of the mainland's determination to bring self-ruled Taiwan into the fold. The pieces of the "The Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", one of China's best-known ancient paintings, are kept separately in museums in China and Taiwan, the democratically governed island that Beijing claims as one its provinces, and which it reserves the right to take over by force. On National Day on Sunday, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command, known for belligerent videos of exercises around Taiwan, released an animated short film called "Dreams Come True on Fuchun River", appealing to the shared cultural roots of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Donald Trump was prepared to quit the US presidential election race for $5bn, it has been claimed.
The future of US aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance after a last-gasp deal to avoid a government shutdown, despite President Joe Biden's attempts to reassure Kyiv it will get what it needs to fight Russia.Biden and his Democratic party say America has a duty to help Ukraine stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion, warning that a failure to do so could embolden other autocrats in the future.
‘Over the last day, the enemy lost 248 people (84 dead, 163 wounded and one captured),’ says Ukrainian general
GOP congressman faces lingering Ethics Committee investigation into range of issues
The former House speaker told CNN's Jake Tapper he was wasting his time speaking with the far-right Florida congressman.
The president-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, said he wanted to unite the Indian Ocean archipelago after divisive polls that saw the pro-Beijing leader vow to rebalance relations with New Delhi.New Delhi is "committed to strengthening the time-tested India-Maldives bilateral relationship", Modi said in a post on the social media platform X. The Maldives, a chain of atolls scattered 800 kilometres (500 miles) across the equator better known for its upmarket beach resorts, sits in a strateg
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Slovakia's pro-Russian and anti-liberal election winner Robert Fico was poised on Sunday to begin coalition talks to form a government likely to join Hungary in opposing the European Union's military aid for Ukraine. The 59-year-old former prime minister's SMER-SSD party scored nearly 23% of Saturday's parliamentary poll, earning the president's nod to start talks to replace a technocrat government that has been backing Kyiv against Russia's invasion. "We are not changing that we are prepared to help Ukraine in a humanitarian way," said Fico, whom analysts consider to be inspired by Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban who has frequently clashed with the EU.
The move came after Trump dubbed her “birdbrain” after she criticized him at the second GOP primary debate.
Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, announces move after US threatens punitive measures over buildup of troops
Republicans feud openly while Democrats celebrate the right’s defeat
Margaret Brennan fact-checked the Republican House speaker to his face on television.
It's been "the core" of the former president's public brand, said the former Biden White House press secretary.
Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British Columbia
BAE Systems has been handed a £3.95bn contract to build the next generation of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the Aukus security pact with Australia and the US.
Female Israeli soldiers have been banned from working in high-security prisons after one allegedly had an affair with a Palestinian prisoner convicted of terrorism.
Mr McCarthy’s job is being challenged by members of his own party
Cash-strapped chancellor to pledge changes to welfare system in speech at Tory conference on Monday
Indonesia launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as "a symbol of our modernisation".It is part of Beijing's Belt and Road initiative -- a decade-old programme of China-backed infrastructure projects.