US & World

Laken Pavan travelled to occupied Ukraine to volunteer for an aid group and ended up being recruited as a Russian agent. The then 17-year-old was sent to Poland to spy on its military, but confessed to police. Now his family hopes to bring an early end to his 20-month jail …

Vice-presidents often toil in the shadows. Not so JD Vance, who after just six weeks in the role has managed to rankle politicians from Britain, France, Germany and Romania, as well as officials from the Catholic Church in the U.S. In just 6 weeks, the U.S. VP has been anything …

People gather outside the Ronald Reagan Building during a “clap out” in support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) staff who received word to retrieve their personal belongings from USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. (AFP / Ting Shen)  WASHINGTON, United States — A divided …

The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with the militant Palestinian group Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned of “hell to pay” should the Palestinian militant group not comply.  …

ROME — Pope Francis, hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs, slept all night and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts of acute respiratory failure the day before, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 with bronchitis, which developed into pneumonia in …

On the day he launched a trade war, U.S. President Donald Trump defended tariffs in a speech to Congress and prepared his nation for a period of upheaval. He did not sound like a man looking to de-escalate. But away from the televised stage, a senior member of his team …

Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, with a brief bounce-back in technology stocks failing to reverse overall losses amid shaky global markets.  Markets closed with broad losses Tuesday after volatile trading day. Stocks racked …

Canada and the United States offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week.  Thailand’s deputy prime minister said no country made any concrete …

As Ukraine tries to repair its fractured relations with the U.S. administration, Kyiv says it will be able to hold the sprawling front line in the ongoing war with Russia. But those fighting along it are worried by the decisions and tone coming from Washington.  Since Russia invaded, U.S. has …

Muhammad Abu Sahloul, who was among 42 minors released last week as part of a ceasefire deal, says he was detained by Israel in January 2024 and spent 13 months in custody. His mother searched for him but eventually feared he had died during the Israel-Hamas war.  Muhammad Abu Sahloul …