French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday delivered some of his strongest criticism yet of the United States under President Donald Trump, warning that Washington is increasingly distancing itself from allies and stepping away from the international rules-based order it once championed. Speaking at the Élysée Palace during his annual address…
Chinese and Iranian warships have docked near South Africa’s primary naval base ahead of a multinational maritime exercise scheduled to run from January 9 to 16, an event that could further complicate Pretoria’s relations with the United States. The drills, dubbed “Will for Peace,” are being hosted by South Africa…
US President Donald Trump is set to meet senior executives from leading American oil companies on Friday as he seeks their backing for his administration’s plans in Venezuela, a country whose vast energy resources he has said the United States expects to control for years. The meeting follows a sweeping…
South Africa has agreed not to obstruct a U.S. refugee program allowing white South Africans to emigrate, according to a summary of an internal meeting reviewed by Reuters. The assurance came during a closed-door session on December 23, following heightened diplomatic tensions after South African authorities raided a U.S. refugee…
The United States has suspended all assistance to the Somali government, accusing officials of destroying a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and unlawfully seizing donor-funded food aid intended for vulnerable populations. In a statement posted on X, the US State Department said the decision followed reports that Somali…
Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Venezuela is expected to hand over tens of millions of barrels of oil to the United States, days after a U.S. raid removed the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, from power. Trump said the shipment would involve 30–50 million barrels of “high-quality,…
US Vice President JD Vance has thanked law enforcement authorities in Ohio after an individual was arrested for attempting to break into his Cincinnati home overnight using a hammer. In a statement shared on X on Monday, January 5, 2025, Vance said the incident occurred in the early hours of…
A Somali migrant who was deported from the United States and publicly branded an “illegal scumbag” by the White House for allegedly assisting in the 2009 kidnapping of two French intelligence officers may have been wrongly accused, according to testimonies from Somali and French security sources. Mahad Maxamud, a prominent…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has stated that the United States is not yet prepared to elect a woman as president, citing former Vice President Kamala Harris’ unsuccessful campaign as evidence. Speaking during an event in Brooklyn, New York, to promote her new book The Look, which explores her approach…
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he feels an “obligation” to sue the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of “defrauding the public” by misrepresenting a section of his January 6, 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary. Speaking in an interview with Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle, Trump claimed the documentary “butchered”…