Trump administration
UN Votes To Scale Down Mission
The UN Security Council has voted to cut the size of Monusco, its largest and most expensive peacekeeping mission,...
Germany Rejects US Pressure For Nato Spending Rise
Calls by the Trump administration for Germany and other Nato partners to increase spending on defence have been...
US Will Keep Climate Commitments Despite Trump
The former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, said Friday the United States will keep its commitment to reduce...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Demands NATO Allies Pay Up
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pressed NATO allies Friday to ramp up military spending and denounced Russia's...
Rex Tillerson To Push NATO Allies To Pay Up
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson headed to Brussels on Friday to push President Donald Trump's demand for NATO...
Palestinian, UN Alarm After Israel Backs New Settlement
The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially...
Michael Flynn Seeks Immunity In Exchange For Testifying On Trump’s Russia Ties
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who briefly served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump, is seeking...
US Congress Rolls Back Family Planning Funding Protections
US Republican lawmakers on Thursday successfully rolled back Obama-era rules protecting funding to clinics that offer...
FBI Chief’s Secret Twitter Account Outed?
When Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey teased that he had joined the world of social media with...
Trump Lifts Rights Conditions On Bahrain Arms Sales
The US State Department is removing human rights conditions on a large sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain, as the...
US Hails Turkey As ‘a Trusted Ally’ In Ankara Talks
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has described Turkey as a trusted ally after meeting its leaders in Ankara. His...
VW Reaches $157 Mn Diesel Settlement With 10 US States
German automaker Volkswagen AG said Thursday it reached a settlement with 10 US states on environmental and consumer...
US Environmental Groups File Suit To Block New Coal Mining On…
US environmental groups and a Native American tribe have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration's plans to...
Tillerson Says Assad’s Long-Term Status Up To Syrian People
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was up to the...
Tillerson Visits As Turkey Says Its Syria Campaign Over
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Ankara on Thursday for talks on the Syria conflict, just a day after Turkey...
Asian Community Rattled By Trump Immigration Policies
The debate surrounding US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has focused almost entirely on the Latino...
Pot Business Is Smoking Hot In US, Despite Trump
Walk into Brett Vapnik's medicinal marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles and the pungent aroma of pot is good and strong....
US Fed Official Favors 4 Interest Rate Hikes This Year
A US central banker said on Wednesday he favors four increases in the key interest rate this year, one more than...
Trump Moves On Climate, No Word Yet On Paris Accord
President Donald Trump took action on Tuesday to curb rules that underpin American emissions targets, making it clear...