U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference August 24 at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. Bessent and other finance leaders from the G20 countries are taking part in a meeting Monday and Tuesday in North Carolina. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3»»»

Iran's foreign minister has accused Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu of tricking the United States into war with the Islamic Republic. Over six months into the conflict, there appears to be no end in sight. This after the US struck sites in Iran, prompting Tehran to respond. An April ceasefire brought a»»»

Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a group billed as a counterweight to US influence. »»»

Donald Trump has made sports betting markets at the domestic and global level nervous on multiple occasions throughout his second stint as President of the United States. Most notably, his administration’s decision to let prediction markets run rampant has many operators nervous that their revenues»»»

Expelled Republican congressman George Santos smiles for a photo as he sits with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as they wait for President Joe Biden to deliver the annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2024. File Photo by Pat »»»

As FRANCE 24 kicks off its new season of programmes, we've been looking ahead to perhaps the two most anticipated events to come in the year ahead. In two months' time the US will vote in midterm elections, and in just over six months' time France will vote in presidential elections. In Perspective»»»

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed on August 31 to take further steps towards lasting peace and normalised relations between their countries, including closer economic ties and the development of regional transport links. The leaders met on the sid»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was sending a message ​to Iran with his social media post about Iran’s energy hub of Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, Vice President JD Vance said on Monday. “The president likes to switch it up ‌on social ‌media a little bit. ​He ‌would ⁠be ​the first »»»

The European Commission has placed ChatGPT, Roblox and Reddit under its strictest designations for online platforms under the Digital Services Act. File Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The European Commission has placed ChatGPT, Roblox and Reddit under its strictest designations for onli»»»

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The House is hoping to pass a stopgap funding package before heading back out of town for the week of Labor Day. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S. House are expected to make passing a stopgap funding bill a priority this week after they returned Monday to»»»

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US President Donald Trump has urged Canadian businesses operating in the American market to relocate south of the border “immediately,” amid an escalating trade war between the two neighboring nations. The demand follows Trump’s announcement of new 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, automotive p»»»

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President Donald Trump has threatened to report NBC anchor Kristen Welker to the FCC over her characterization of his endorsements in the midterm election cycle. File Pool Photo by Jim Bourg/UPI | License Photo Aug. 31 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said he will report NBC anchor Kristen Welker to»»»

US Vice President JD Vance will make a private address on Monday at the annual gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition, a collection of conservative Jewish activists. Vance's more equivocal stance on Israel has been criticised by some pro-Israel figures within the conservative movement, who ha»»»

Mother transferred to burn unit after surgical fire; returns to ward with newborn A mother giving birth in a Prague hospital suffered burns during a caesarean section, the hospital said Monday, with media reporting a disinfectant caught fire during the procedure. The baby was not injured in the inc»»»

TradeCanadaTariffs spat: Carney bets Canada can defy TrumpNik MartinCanada faces new US import penalties after Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to match US tariffs on China. Other countries are watching as the Trump trade clash turns into a fight over economic sovereignty. https://p.dw.com/p/5JYY»»»

The US is preparing to unleash “financial violence” against Iran by rolling out new secondary sanctions every week, with banks first in line, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said. Foreign banks dealing with Iranian funds could ultimately be cut off from the dollar-based financial system. The r»»»

Oil prices surged early Monday after fighting flared in the U.S.-Iran conflict for the first time in four weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a "pause" in U.S. military strikes on August 1. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Oil prices surged early Mond»»»

Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia and U.S. futures declined Monday on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest rates soon. In early European trading, Germany's DAX lost 0.9% to 26,339.04, while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% lower, to 8,390.43. Markets in Britain were closed»»»

US President Donald Trump has published AI-generated clips showing a missile attack on Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub amid a new escalation between Washington and Tehran.US and Iranian forces earlier exchanged strikes for the first time since late July. On Sunday, the US Central Command said it had ta»»»

CAIRO: ‌An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said. Medics said two people were killed and several others wounded when an Israeli airstrike hit a crowd of people near the municipal public ‌park in ‌Gaza City, an ‌area ⁠densely populated wit»»»

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky during his covert trip to Moscow in an effort to find a resolution to the ongoing Ukraine conflict, Axios has reported, citing sources familiar with th