By AFPRival Cypriot leaders met Monday to discuss opening more crossing points across the divided island, the United Nations said, as part of trust-building efforts to revive stalled peace talks.President Nikos Christodoulides of the Greek-speaking,...

By AFPDonald Trump's nominee to represent Washington at the United Nations railed against "anti-Semitic rot" in the global organization as she was grilled by senators at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik noted...

By AFPThe World Health Organization said Tuesday it "regrets" US President Donald Trump's decision -- just hours after taking power -- to withdraw his country from the UN agency, saying it hoped he would reconsider.Trump on Monday signed an executive...

By AFPPresident Donald Trump announced severe new restrictions on immigration and asylum in the United States hours after taking office Monday, declaring that he will send troops to the US-Mexico border and attempt to end birthright citizenship.Trump...

By AFP/Bill MCCARTHYElon Musk's hand gestures at an inauguration event for US President Donald Trump, which quickly drew comparisons to Nazi salutes, appear to have resonated in some far-right extremist spaces online.Several neo-Nazi leaders have sha...

By AFP/Chris LefkowUS President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons of Capitol rioters drew starkly contrasting reactions on Tuesday, largely embraced by his Republican supporters and vehemently condemned by Democrats.Former Democratic House speaker Nanc...

By AFP/Aysha Safi with Nasim NazariThe Taliban government said Tuesday it had released two American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.Outgoing US president Joe Biden agreed on...

By AFPA journalist who reported on Peru's extortion epidemic was shot dead on Monday and two people were injured in a separate bomb attack on a prosecutor's office that also investigates racketeering, authorities said.Gaston Medina, the owner and edi...

By AFP/Danny Kemp and Chris LefkowUS President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons on Monday to former Covid pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci, retired general Mark Milley and close family members to shield them from "politically motivated prosecutions"...

By AFPThe mother of US journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, said on Monday in Damascus that the war-torn country's new leadership was committed to finding him.Tice was working as a freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse,...

By AFP/Danny KEMPDonald Trump vowed a new US "golden age" as he took the oath for a historic second presidential term Monday, but focused most of his dark inaugural speech on touting hardline policies to reverse what he called "American decline."In a...

By AFPNearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in early December, the UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said Saturday ahead of a visit to the region.Between December 8 and January 16, some 195,200 Syrians retu...