Terrorists linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are rapidly increasing their attacks on the borderlands between Niger, Benin and Nigeria, turning remote transit corridors into active conflict zones, according to a crisis monitoring group.Violent…
A top Democrat in Congress accused the Justice Department on Wednesday of withholding FBI interview records with a woman who accused US President Donald Trump of sexually abusing her as a minor.Representative Robert Garcia, the senior Democrat on…
Iran is aiming to tempt Donald Trump with financial incentives, including investments in its vast oil and gas reserves, as part of efforts to convince the US president to agree a deal on its nuclear programme and avoid war.
One person familiar…
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration had adopted an unlawful policy that allows for the rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own without providing them a chance to object and raise concerns for…
There is an unfounded assumption of political significance in a lot of the commentary around the annual State of the Union address. Journalists ask each other if the president’s speech will move voters, or persuade the public to back his…
The US is blocking the Venezuelan government from paying for Nicolas Maduro’s legal representation in the drug trafficking case he faces in New York, the deposed Venezuelan president’s defense lawyer said on Wednesday.Maduro and his wife, Cilia…
Mexico has deployed thousands of troops after coordinated attacks erupted across at least 20 states following the capture and death of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho.
Cartel fighters torched…
JD Vance, who has been tasked with leading a Trump administration effort to draw attention to claimed benefit fraud in states led by Democratic…