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The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian who has said Israel enjoys a divine right to the West Bank, as ambassador to Israel.
US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a full-scale confrontation between the world's two largest economies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Beijing knows Russia is recruiting its citizens to fight in Ukraine, claiming Kyiv had the details of at least 155 Chinese nationals who had been deployed to the front.
Russia Wednesday denounced France for the brief detention of a government employee at a Paris airport, calling it a "shameful spectacle" that aggravated already strained relations between the two countries.
Universal will build its first European theme park in Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday, unveiling a mega deal with the US film studio that could create thousands of jobs and attract millions of tourists.
Convoys of Afghans pressured to leave Pakistan are driving to the border, fearing the "humiliation" of arrest, as the government's crackdown on migrants sees widespread public support.
Ecuadorans go to the polls on Sunday under the shadow of surging drug violence and a troubling explosion in the number of local gangs and mafias.
China on Wednesday rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claim that many Chinese citizens were fighting for Russia, calling it "absolutely groundless".
Germany's next leader, the conservative Friedrich Merz, vowed Wednesday to "move the country forward again" by boosting the economy and defence as he presented a deal to launch his coalition government by early next month.
European and Asian stock markets tumbled along with oil on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs against trading partners kicked in, triggering strong retaliation from China and the European Union.
China announced Wednesday massive retaliatory tariffs on US goods, sharply escalating a trade war started by President Donald Trump and fuelling fresh panic in global markets.
China announced Wednesday massive retaliatory tariffs on US goods, sharply escalating a trade war started by President Donald Trump and fuelling fresh panic in global markets.
Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on a residential building in Gaza City killed at least 23 people Wednesday, most of them children or women, as the military said it targeted a "senior Hamas" militant.
Russia said Wednesday that it was waiting for "explanations" from France after a Russian government employee was detained for hours at a Paris airport in what it called a "shameful spectacle".
Stock markets tumbled along with oil and the dollar Wednesday as US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs against trading partners kicked in, triggering strong retaliation from China.
Hit by three waves of painful US tariffs since President Donald Trump returned to office, the European Union's response has been a high-wire act, balancing calibrated retaliation with a push for negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.
Thailand's immigration authorities revoked the visa Wednesday of a prominent American scholar detained a day earlier on royal defamation charges, his lawyer said.
The mother of an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza longs for her son's return, fearing that Israel's renewed bombardment of the territory puts his life at even greater risk.
The United States will not allow China to "threaten" the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit, earning a rebuke from Beijing on Wednesday over Washington's "bullying nature."
The leaders of Spain and Vietnam pledged on Wednesday to upgrade ties to the highest level, as the two countries attempt to manage the fallout from enormous tariffs imposed by Washington.
Taiwanese exporters are crunching numbers and talking to American clients as they scramble to figure out how to respond to US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz that threatens to derail their businesses.
Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a "daydream".
The EU's plans to impose tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia in a bid to increase pressure on Moscow over the Ukraine war have alarmed European farmers worried about possible price hikes.
Equities and oil plunged again Wednesday after Donald Trump ramped up his trade war by hitting China with tariffs of more than 100 percent as sweeping measures against the United States' dozens of partners are set to come into effect.
Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday said he was prepared to grant temporary shelter to Palestinians affected by the war in Gaza between the Israeli military and the territory's rulers Hamas.
The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.
Universal will build its first European theme park in Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday, unveiling a mega deal which could create thousands of jobs and attract millions of tourists.
Argentina's Congress on Tuesday backed the creation of a commission of inquiry into a cryptocurrency promoted by President Javier Milei that soared then crashed, losing investors hundreds of millions of dollars.
The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday.
Wall Street stocks sank again Tuesday while US oil prices hit a multi-year low as worries about President Donald Trump's escalating trade wars erased rebound hopes following gains in Europe and Asia.
A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press's access to President Donald Trump's official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their "viewpoints."
The United States and China hurtled towards an all-out trade war Tuesday, locked in a high stakes game of brinkmanship as President Donald Trump prepared to unleash a wave of tariffs against dozens of partners.