politics

EU asks WTO for safeguards over US steel, aluminium tariffs

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The European Union on Monday followed China in complaining to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over…

Brazil homeless group occupies apartment in Lula corruption case

  GUARUJA, Brazil (AFP) -- A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the…

S. Korea’s Park will not appeal jail term: reports

  South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye will not appeal her 24-year prison sentence for…

China launches website to report foreign spies

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has stepped up its campaign against foreign espionage with a website in Mandarin and…

Trump to host Nigerian president April 30: White House

  UNITED STATES (AFP) -- President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will meet Donald Trump in Washington on April 30 to…

Syrian war will go on despite Western strikes: British FM

  UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) -- British foreign minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said the Syrian war will inevitably continue after…

North Korea commemorates birth of its founder

    by Sebastien Berger © Agence France-Presse NORTH KOREA (AFP) -- Thousands of North Korean devotees laid flowers before…

Ex-FBI chief Comey: Trump ran White House like a ‘mob boss’

  by Paul Handley Agence France Presse Former FBI director James Comey says in a new book that President Donald…

Australia admits tensions with China but denies ‘deep chill’

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's prime minister admitted Thursday bubbling tensions with China over allegations of Beijing meddling in domestic…

N. Korea parliament meets but Kim absent ahead of summits

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea's parliament has met to rubber-stamp Kim Jong Un's policies, but the leader himself…

Colombia’s FARC furious over ex-rebel’s arrest on drugs charges

    BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- The arrest of a former FARC negotiator on US drug charges has brought Colombia's landmark…

Trump praises Xi’s ‘kind words’ in fresh sign of trade detente

  by Douglas Gillison and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump on…

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