The White House spokeswoman says President Donald Trump had “a lengthy and highly productive phone call” with leaders in Russia and Ukraine and is looking to bring Russia’s war in Ukraine to a “successful conclusion”.
The United States has designated eight Latin American criminal and drug-trafficking groups as “global terrorist organisations” amid escalating rhetoric from President Donald Trump. In a Federal Register notice filed on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, without offering details, that the groups have committed or pose a risk of committing “acts of terrorism that…
President Vladimir Putin has expressed “hope” over the prospect of Russia restoring relations with the United States as the two countries sent diplomats to Istanbul for talks on normalising the functioning of their respective embassies in each other’s capitals. Addressing a meeting of the Federal Security Service, Putin hailed the new administration of US President…
UnitedHealth CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione faces court in New York Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, has appeared in a New York court to face new federal charges including murder and stalking. Mangione’s arraignment on Thursday followed his transfer to New York from Pennsylvania after he waived his…
United States President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent US ban. Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday…
United States President Donald Trump has escalated his feud with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling the Ukrainian president a “dictator without elections” and accusing him of wanting to keep the “gravy train” of US military support going while Washington tries to end the war with Russia. In a lengthy and scathing post on his social media platform…
The US secretary of defense has signalled a major shift in Washington’s approach to the war in Ukraine during his first meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies. Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth was speaking on Wednesday at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, where he outlined a hardline pivot in US policy following four…
