By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records sought…
By Alexandra Ulmer – The leading photo on the website of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual get-together of American rightwing notables, is of a grinning Donald Trump.…
By Jeff Mason and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS – The United States is coordinating with allies and will announce new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday after Moscow recognized two breakaway…
By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent on Monday,…
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK – U.S. stock index futures tumbled on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, increasing concerns about a major…
By Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON -British Prime Minister Boris on Monday said he would end all coronavirus restrictions in England including mandatory self-isolation for people with COVID-19 and…
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii who ran for president in 2020 and has been critical of President Joe Biden, will headline a speech at the Conservative Political…
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON – Global stocks hit three-week lows and oil rose on Monday as worries increased that Russia will invade Ukraine. Russian forces killed a group of five…
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW -The rouble tanked on Monday, slipping past 80 against the dollar, while stocks plunged to their lowest in over a year as Russian President Vladimir Putin…
By Noah Browning LONDON/HOUSTON -Oil prices rose on Monday over the stand-off between Russia and the West over Ukraine, adding to supply concerns that have kept oil prices near $100…
The biggest crisis Americans face under the administration of President Joe Biden, according to Fox News host Dan Bongino is getting the truth. “We can’t trust the government anymore,” Bongino…
By Parisa Hafezi VIENNA -Efforts to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal cannot succeed unless Washington lifts “major” sanctions, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, as sources said indirect talks…
By Julien Ponthus LONDON – The euro’s gains fizzled and the dollar received a safe-haven boost on Monday after the Kremlin said there were no concrete plans for a summit…
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – President Joe Biden’s administration has prepared an initial package of sanctions against Russia that includes barring U.S. financial institutions from processing…
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM -Israel is pressing the United States about the terms of an emerging Iranian nuclear deal, Israeli officials said on Monday, raising the prospect of a bilateral…
TAIPEI -Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, placed under sanctions by China when he left office at the end of the Trump presidency last year, will visit Taiwan next…
A look at the day ahead in markets from Julien Ponthus While the Kremlin complains about “daily” Western predictions of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investors for their part have…
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Sunday refused to unleash sanctions on Russia ahead of a widely anticipated Russian invasion of Ukraine despite mounting criticism from Kyiv…
By Polina Nikolskaya and Tom Balmforth DONETSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW – Russia’s strategic nuclear forces held exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and Washington accused Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s…
WASHINGTON – The White House on Saturday said that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time and said U.S. President Joe Biden will convene a National Security…
The Ukrainian government accused Russia on Friday of rigging explosives in eastern Ukraine to manufacture a false flag terrorist attack. “Ukraine’s military intelligence has information that Russian special services have…
There is a Freedom Convoy starting this weekend by truckers facing harsh restrictions in California and the rest of the United States. In the spirit of the trucker’s convoy that…
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – China would back Russia diplomatically and perhaps economically if it invades Ukraine, worsening Beijing’s already strained relations with the West, but would stop short…
By Jacqueline Thomsen and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to dismiss lawsuits accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
By Nandita Bose MUNICH – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy in Munich on Saturday, in what is likely to be a powerful…