Syrian factions agree to disband and come together to form a national army, under the new Ministry of Defence. Here’s a look at the main armed groups in Syria and why one major player is missing from the deal.
The United States Senate has approved former environmental lawyer Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in the latest controversial vote over a cabinet nominee picked by President Donald Trump. But Thursday’s vote was narrow, given Kennedy’s history of embracing anti-vaccine views and health-related conspiracy theories….
Inside Story Can the relationship between the US and Ukraine be saved? Donald Trump launches tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Read more The new US administration has revealed a stunning reversal of US policy on the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart of misleading the US into spending billions of dollars…
Cuba has released 553 prisoners under a Vatican-mediated agreement, despite the collapse of a United States pledge to ease sanctions in return. The island nation’s highest judicial authority announced late on Monday that the last of the prisoners had been freed, Cuba’s state-run media reported. Havana said in January that with the mediation of the…
As United States President Donald Trump’s sweeping 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada were about to kick in on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hit back. Even before the tariffs actually came into effect, Trudeau put out a statement, calling the tariffs “unjustified”, and imposing immediate retaliatory tariffs. Then, a few hours…
United States President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to demand control of the Panama Canal after accusing Panama of charging excessive rates on US ships passing through one of the busiest waterways in the world. “Our Navy and Commerce have been treated in a very unfair and injudicious way. The fees being charged by Panama are…
Apple has said that it plans to invest more than $500bn in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas. The move, announced on Monday, comes just days after US President Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook promised him that…
