Syria Ceasefire Zone A US ‘priority’
A ceasefire set to take effect in southwest Syria on Sunday is a US priority and an important step toward eventual peace throughout the war-torn country, President Donald Trump's national security...
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Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20
For a moment Saturday the United States was represented by another Trump on the world stage, when the president's daughter Ivanka took a seat among a table of G20 leaders in Germany. The 35-year-old...
Stormy G20 Ends With Opt-Outs For Trump On Climate, Trade
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the...
G20 Launches Plan To Fight Poverty In Africa
G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted. Under German Chancellor Angela...
US Envoy Haley Says Trump Confronted Putin Head-On Over Meddling
The US ambassador to the United Nations insisted Saturday that President Donald Trump had confronted Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin head-on over allegations of election interference, adding,...
UK Foreign Minister Urges Arab States To End Qatar Boycott
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged Arab states to end their Qatar boycott, downplaying the odds of a military escalation in the worst crisis to grip the Gulf in years. Johnson...
U17 World Cup: Black Starlets Drawn In Group A
The official draw of the FIFA U-17 World Cup has been held in Mumbai, India, with Ghana drawn in Group A with the host nation. Ghana, two-time FIFA U-17 world champions – 1991 and 1995 – will...
Trump Eyes Swift UK Trade Deal, Says State Visit To Go Ahead
US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was hoping for a "very powerful" trade deal with London "very, very quickly". As he met...
Final Day of ‘difficult’ Talks
Leaders have begun a final day of talks at the G20 meeting in Hamburg as officials try to bridge the gap with the US on issues such as trade and climate change. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who...
Turkey Move the Proving Ground For Gyan
For many players, a move to a club that has struggled to avoid relegation for two straight seasons would be considered the beginning of the end, but for Asamoah Gyan, the move to Turkish side...
Ever Wonder How Much World Leaders Earn? That of Singapore, Russia Will Shock You
As world leaders prepare for the final day of talks at the G20 meeting in Germany, we bring you how much some of them take home every year as their earnings. America’s Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron...
Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State group fighters are mounting a desperate last stand. More than three quarters of...
Australia’s Kirk Leads As Weather Disrupts LPGA Wisconsin Event
Australia's Katherine Kirk fired her second-round 63 before storms set in on Friday to seize the lead in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in Wisconsin. Kirk, seeking a third LPGA career title, had...
Trump Versus the Rest As Violent G20 Wraps Up
US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds even with America's traditional Western allies. Negotiators from the world's 20...
US, Mexican Officials Play Nice As Trump Doubles Down On Wall
Top US and Mexican officials sought common ground Friday on issues such as migration and drug trafficking, even as President Donald Trump combatively repeated his vow to make Mexico pay for his...
In First Talks, Trump Presses Putin On Meddling
Donald Trump pressed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday on allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election in their eagerly-awaited first face-to-face talks, according to US...
G20 Sees Three-Way Steel Battle Between EU, US and China
While battles between police and protestors smoulder outside, leaders of the European Union, United States and China appear close to a trade war cliff edge at the G20 summit in Hamburg. "We are...
At G20, Trump Sticks To Guns On Mexico Wall
US President Donald Trump said Friday he still wants Mexico to pay for a planned border wall, as he met his Mexican counterpart for the first time as head of state. Asked at the start of the meeting...
France To Ban Sales of Petrol and Diesel Cars By 2040
France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord, Emmanuel Macron’s government has announced. The...
Putin Warns Against ‘losing Cool’ On North Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday underlined the importance of staying calm in the North Korea crisis, saying nuclear-armed Pyongyang should be dealt with in a "pragmatic" manner. "The North...