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US Vice President JD Vance participates in a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured) at the Commerzbank in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Europe

Vance attack on Europe overshadows Ukraine talks at security conference

Vance said the threat to Europe that worried him most was not Russia or China but what he called a retreat from fundamental values of protecting free speech - as well as immigration, which he said...

Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte attends an economic briefing following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's first State of the Nation Address, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 26, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/ File Photo

Asia

Philippine lawmakers back petition seeking Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. File Photo: Reuters

Middle East

Saudi Arabia says it won't establish ties with Israel without creation of Palestinian state

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico February 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

Politics

Mexico's Sheinbaum wins early praise for handling Trump on tariffs

A view of the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

USA

More USAID staff ousted after Trump administration dismantles aid agency

Elon Musk greets US President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024. Brandon Bell/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

USA

Trump to cut off funding for South Africa

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, US, September 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Europe

US wants Ukraine to hold elections following a ceasefire: Trump envoy

Supply ships that service the offshore oil rigs on Canada's east coast load cargo in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada, February 1, 2025 after tariffs were imposed by the US on Canadian exports. Photo: REUTERS/Greg Locke

USA

Trump stretches trade law boundaries with Canada, Mexico, China tariffs

Deputy Hugo Motta, elected new Lower House Speaker, speaks as deputy Manoel Isidorio de Santana Junior, holds a bible in the background during the session in Brasilia, Brazil February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi

Politics

New leaders elected to Brazil's Congress promise independence from Lula

US President Donald Trump speaks as he tours areas devastated by Hurricane Helene to assess recovery efforts in Swannanoa, North Carolina, US, January 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis

USA

Trump moves to cancel recent union agreements with federal workers

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during his visit and after a binational council of ministers, in Jacmel, Haiti January 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Marckinson Pierre/File Photo

Politics

After tussle with Trump, Colombian leader asks compatriots in US to come back home

File Photo: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, US, May 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/David Swanson//File Photo

USA

Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency: sources

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. File Photo: Reuters

USA

US Senate Democrats block bill to sanction international court over Israel