Multiple US senators said Saturday they would vote against upcoming government spending bills after federal agents killed a second American citizen in Minneapolis, significantly increasing the chances of a government shutdown next week.
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez called on Saturday for discussions with the opposition to reach “agreements” for peace.
US President Donald Trump signed the charter of his so-called “Board of Peace,” which he has billed as a body for resolving international conflicts, with other founding members in Davos on Thursday.
Talks to end the war in Ukraine have made “a lot of progress” and are “down to one issue” between Kyiv and Moscow, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Thursday ahead of a trip to Russia.
US President Donald Trump backed down Wednesday on threats to seize Greenland by force from ally Denmark, announcing a vague deal aimed at ensuring security of the Arctic territory.
Syria’s army on Wednesday entered the country’s vast Al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
NATO chief Mark Rutte pushed back Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s claims European allies would not help defend the United States if asked.
Europeans should avoid “reflexive anger” and sit down with US President Donald Trump in Davos to hear his arguments about acquiring Greenland, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday.
France called Wednesday for NATO to hold an exercise in Greenland and said it was “ready to contribute”, as US President Donald Trump’s push to take the Danish autonomous territory upends the transatlantic alliance.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated a warning that Iran would be wiped “off the face of this earth” if Tehran ever succeeded in assassinating the US leader.
