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Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya arrives at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Asia

Japan Foreign Minister Iwaya says he will attend Trump inauguration ceremony

It will be Iwaya's first visit to the United States since he became foreign minister in October. Japan, a longtime US ally that enjoyed good relations with Trump during his first...

Collage of Donald Trump and Jack Smith. Photo: REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm
USA

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department

File photo of Tulip Siddiq. Photo: HM Treasury Facebook page
Europe

Tulip enjoyed free cricket matches with ex-Awami League MP

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly returns to a caucus meeting after a break on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo
World+Biz

Canada foreign minister won't run to replace Trudeau, cites US tariff threat

US President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, US, December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File
USA

Boeing and Google each give $1m for Trump inauguration

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba looks on as he speaks during a press conference a day after Japan's lower house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File PHoto
Asia

Japan's Ishiba heads to Malaysia and Indonesia to strengthen defense, economic ties

US President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
USA

Trump's inaugural committee raised a record $170m in donations

A general view of the official residence of the impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in Seoul, South Korea, January 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korea's Yoon to accept court decision even if it ends presidency: lawyer

Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL) speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
USA

Greenland important for the US, says Trump's pick for national security adviser

Tulip Siddiq
Politics

RAB's visit to Mir Ahmad bin Quasem's home linked to Tulip's 2017 questioning: The Times

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks after a meeting with Republicans in Congress at the US Capitol building in Washington, US January 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
USA

Trump vows unity in Capitol visit but no clear path for his agenda

Tulip Siddiq with Keir Starmer following Labour's win in UK general election on 4 July 2024. Photo: Collected
Politics

UK branch of Awami League campaigned for Starmer

Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere
Europe

Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere