Japanese Prime Minister Kishida addresses Congress
WASHINGTON — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed U.S. lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday, urging them to consider the importance of global commitments at a…
Senegal’s Faye appoints ally Ousmane Sonko as prime minister | Politics News
Senegal’s youngest president appoints ally and popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko as prime minister. Senegal’s new president has appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane…
Pro-West candidate beats Slovakia PM’s ally to set up presidential run-off | Elections News
Ex-Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini to face off in April’s vote dominated by the Ukraine war. Slovakia’s former pro-West Foreign…
Venezuela arrests close ally of opposition leader Machado
Venezuela's attorney general on Saturday announced the arrest of a regional campaign leader for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, citing alleged conspiracy, among other crimes,…
Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month
WASHINGTON — President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month, as the divide has grown…
Schumer’s Netanyahu rebuke was not norm-breaking, for U.S. or allies
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of…
Navalny ally Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer near Lithuanian home | Crime News
Former strategist to Russian opposition leader was admitted to hospital after the assault on Tuesday night. Leonid Volkov, a close ally of Russian opposition leader…
Navalny was close to being freed from prison before his death, says ally | Politics News
Maria Pevchikh says Alexey Navalny was due to be freed in exchange for a Russian FSB assassin imprisoned in Germany. Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny…
Column: U.S. out of NATO? In second term, Trump more likely to try
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump hasn’t officially won the Republican presidential nomination yet. But he’s already throwing his weight around on foreign policy — and Republicans…
Affordable housing demand could derail Dodger Stadium gondola
In 2018, when former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt first pitched the concept of a gondola from Union Station to Dodger Stadium, then-mayor Eric Garcetti said…
Russia said to obtain ‘troubling’ anti-satellite weapon
WASHINGTON — The White House publicly confirmed Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause “physical destruction” on…
Fears in Europe grow over Trump and Russia; leaders bolster alliances
PARIS — The governments of France, Poland and Germany vowed Monday to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine,…
NATO leader warns Trump’s remarks on Russia put allies at risk
WARSAW — NATO’s leader warned Sunday that former President Trump was putting the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk after the Republican presidential…
How Biden and allies are pushing back against memory claims
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s Democratic allies are launching an aggressive defense against a special counsel’s explosive claims that the 81-year-old president couldn’t remember major milestones in…
Macron ally and former minister Bayrou cleared of fraud by French court
A coalition ally of French President Emmanuel Macron, former minister Francois Bayrou, was acquitted of fraud charges on Monday in a verdict that could pave…