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A China policy giving Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President Donald Trump's push for ...

Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest and her sentence has been reduced as part of a prisoner amnesty for a Buddhist holiday.

The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval.

Elusive street artist Banksy said Thursday that a new sculpture that appeared in central London of a man striding off a plinth, with his face blinded by a billowing flag, is his work.

Tom Lyons, one of the founders of the 2430 group and a former CIA Directorate of Operations officer, joins the show to explain how China's intellectual property theft actually works and what can be done about it.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the conflict in Iran was seen by President Trump as a historic "opportunity" -- and tap-danced away from his previous statements that he sought $200 billion in ...

U.S. officials on Thursday insisted that the economic pressure from the Navy's blockade of Iranian ports will force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, relieving the global economic pressure that has spiked energy prices over the past two months.

A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively "frozen" by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday.

Brazil's Congress on Thursday reduced former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence, a move that will likely be appealed to the country's Supreme Court.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators' accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy.