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United States (US)

Just how far the US is willing to go in appeasing Putin and rewarding the invasion of a sovereign neighbour remains unclear. Photo: Reuters

Putin, Trump to skip Ukraine's peace talks that Russian leader proposed

Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday "without any preconditions"

A general view of the green zone in Kabul, Afghanistan. File photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Kabul says ready for 'dialogue' with US on Afghan refugees

Katia Beeden, life coach and campaigner for white South Africans who want to apply for US refugee status, poses for a picture at her residence in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa, April 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem/File Photo

First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan

Top copyright official of United States Shira Perlmutter. Photo: AP

Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 15, 2025. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump plans to accept luxury 747 from Qatar to use as Air Force One

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. Keystone/EDA/Martial Trezzini/Handout via Reuters

US, China hail 'constructive' Geneva trade talks, details due today

Demonstrators hold placards in support of US President Donald Trump's stance against what he calls racist laws, land expropriation, and farm attacks, outside the American Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

First white South Africans to arrive under US refugee plan as soon as next week

Representational image. Photo: TBS

Walmart calls, but India's garment worker woes blunt tariff edge

Flames and smoke rise from the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion, which has been on fire since August 23, on the Red Sea, August 25, 2024. Yemen's Houthis said they attacked the Sounion in the Red Sea. Photo: EUNAVFOR ASPIDES/Handout via REUTERS

US-Houthi reach ceasefire mediated by Oman

The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran says it will strike back if US or Israel attack

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian ballistic missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

US readies Russia sanctions over Ukraine, unclear if Trump will sign: sources

Jars containing rare earth minerals produced by Australia's Lynas Corp from its Mount Weld operations are seen near Laverton, northeast of Perth, Australia, August 23, 2019/ Reuters

What are Ukraine's critical minerals and what do we know about the deal with US

Pakistani Rangers (wearing black uniforms) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers lower their national flags during parade on the Pakistan's 72nd Independence Day, at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border, near Lahore, Pakistan August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Pakistan says intelligence suggests Indian military action likely soon