US

The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev speaks to members of the delegation and journalists after the US-Russia talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 18 February 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Russian wealth fund sees US companies returning in 2025

File Photo: A World Trade Organization (WTO) logo is pictured on their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Asia

Hong Kong will file complaint to WTO on US tariffs, official says

The first US military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, who US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin called "highly dangerous criminal aliens", is boarded from an unspecified location in the US February 4, 2025 DHS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

US judge blocks possible transfer of Venezuelan detainees to Guantanamo

Next govt to inherit both domestic policy challenges, growing external worries: Kugelman
Foreign Policy

Next govt to inherit both domestic policy challenges, growing external worries: Kugelman

Palestinian children carry pots as they queue to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid shortages in food supplies, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Saleh Salem/File photo
USA

Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger

Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, on a rainy day, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Middle East

Israel orders army to prepare for 'voluntary departure' of Gazans after Trump unveils plan

In a joint conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump announced plans for the US to ‘take over’ the Gaza strip. Photo: Reuters.
USA

US military prepared to look at all options for Gaza, US defense secretary says

The scariest aspect of the Trump presidency is that he promotes unpredictability and disruption as his principal techniques of governance and foreign policy. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

The US must avoid isolationism, a path to nowhere

US President Donald Trump looks on as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, 31 January 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
USA

Hundreds of US government websites go offline

Posters to be distributed to community members ahead of anticipated raids by U.S. Immigrations and Customs (ICE) are stacked on a table in Denver, Colorado, U.S., January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
World+Biz

Trump plans to invoke obscure 18th century wartime law in bid for mass deportations

Representational image. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Dollar surges on Trump's tariffs, sending peers to multi-year lows

File photo of icddr,b headquarters in Dhaka. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Bangladesh

Over 1,000 icddr,b employees laid off due to US funding cuts

Bangladesh Ambassador to Mexico M. Mushfiqul Fazal (Ansarey) meets Chief of Protocol at Mexican Foreign Ministry Jonathan Chait Auerbach on 30 January 2025. Photo: Bangladesh Embassy in Mexico
Bangladesh

Ambassador Mushfiq Fazal for enhancing diplomatic, trade ties with Mexico