The United States and Colombia have signed a memorandum of understanding in Bogota that would pave the way for the two countries to exchange biometric data collected from migrants. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, visiting on Thursday from Washington, DC, framed the agreement as a step towards cracking down on undocumented immigration into both countries. […]
Iran has responded through Oman to a letter from United States President Donald Trump in which he urged Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, Iranian state media reported. Iran’s official IRNA news agency published an article on Thursday citing Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying that an Iranian response to Trump’s letter was “appropriately […]
Deterrence is necessary in Asia in the face of “threats from the Communist Chinese,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in Manila on Friday as he opened his first visit to Asia in his role under a cloud of scrutiny for discussing American war plans on Signal. The US has an “ironclad commitment” to the US-Philippines alliance, Hegseth […]
US Vice President JD Vance has now said he will join his wife Usha on her highly contentious visit to Greenland later this week, a decision that added fuel to the diplomatic fire while revealing major changes to the United States’ itinerary on the Arctic island. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday accused the US of […]
Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, after Moscow said it would only agree to a US-brokered deal on ending fighting in the Black Sea if some sanctions were eased. The leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Germany all affirmed at a summit on Thursday that Europe […]
Belal Abu Zaid, a Palestinian from northern Gaza, took to the streets alongside hundreds of others on Tuesday to protest against Israel’s war and the Palestinian militant group Hamas – both of which he blames for bringing destruction to the enclave. Israel, he says, is primarily to blame for Gaza’s misery, but Hamas – which […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over”. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after a cabinet meeting, Carney said Canadians must “fundamentally reimagine our economy” in the face of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. […]
Canada’s prime minister has said the era of deep ties with the US “is over”, as governments from Tokyo to Berlin to Paris sharply criticised Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports, with some threatening retaliatory action. Mark Carney warned Canadians that Trump had permanently altered relations and that, regardless of any future trade deals, […]
A federal judge ordered White House officials involved in a group chat on military strikes in Yemen to preserve the messages after a bombshell report revealed that they potentially shared classified information. US District Judge James Boasberg ordered members of President Donald Trump’s national security team to keep any messages sent or received over the […]
In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to “strengthen Russia’s global leadership in the Arctic”, while warning that “geopolitical competition in the region” was intensifying. The first example he gave was Donald Trump’s idea to acquire Greenland. But from the Kremlin leader there was no criticism of his […]
