Trump is playing into China’s hands

Could President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and his actions on the international stage backfire on him? Less than five months after proclaiming April 2 as “Liberation Day,” supposedly freeing the US from... Read more »

US Defense Intelligence Agency chief fired after contradicting Trump on Iran strikes results

Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse testify during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the “Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment” in Washington, DC, March 11, 2024. SAUL LOEB... Read more »

Colombia launches security operation after twin attacks kill 19

A wreath is displayed in front of the site of a bomb explosion the previous day in Cali, Colombia, on August 22, 2025. STRINGER / AFP Colombia on Friday, August 22, promised... Read more »

Military prosecutor seeks death penalty against former DRC president Joseph Kabila

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila arrives for a photo session in Goma, North Kivu, May 31, 2025. ARLETTE BASHIZI / REUTERS A military prosecutor on Friday demanded the death... Read more »

Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed in US amid fierce immigration battle

Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks after he has been released from the Putnam County Jail in Cookville, Tennessee, August 22, 2025. SETH HERALD / REUTERS A wrongly deported Salvadoran man returned to the... Read more »

The stakes for a 2025 edition driven by unprecedented enthusiasm

England prop Maud Muir (center) and her teammates during a team welcome ceremony on August 16, 2025, at Sunderland City Hall in England, where the Rugby Women’s World Cup opens Friday. MIKE... Read more »

UN officially declares famine in Gaza

Palestinians struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025. ABDEL KAREEM HANA / AP The United Nations on Friday, August 22, officially... Read more »

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of royal defamation charges

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 22, 2025. CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM / AFP Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared on Friday, August 22,... Read more »

US says all 55 million visas fair game for continuous review

This photo illustration shows a visa stamp on a foreign passport in Los Angeles on June 6, 2020. CHRIS DELMAS / AFP The Trump administration said on Thursday, August 21, that it... Read more »

EU secures lower US car tariffs in new trade deal, but fails to protect wine

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, August 21, 2025. VIRGINIA MAYO / AP Details of a US-EU... Read more »