Trump says Justice Department owes him money, vows to donate any payout to charity
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to a report that he is seeking $230 million from the Justice Department for legal costs tied to federal investigations against him,…
Cuban musicians, US ambassador pay homage to ‘Queen of Salsa’ Celia Cruz
HAVANA – A small group of Cuban musicians, together with the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, paid homage in Havana to salsa icon Celia Cruz, who died in 2003 but…
US Republicans, Democrats float new tactics amid government shutdown
WASHINGTON – Three weeks into a U.S. government shutdown, Republicans who control Congress have begun talking about possible next steps in what has been a stalemate with Democrats who are…
UN experts say US strikes against Venezuela in international waters amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’
U.S. strikes against Venezuela in international waters are a dangerous escalation and amount to “extrajudicial executions,” a group of independent United Nations experts said on Tuesday. Read More
Israel national security adviser says he was fired by Netanyahu
Tzachi Hanegbi has called for a probe into security failures during Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Read More
Slovak PM Fico’s attacker convicted of terrorism, jailed for 21 years
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia – A Slovak court ruled on Tuesday that a man who shot and wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico last year was guilty of terrorism charges and handed…
White House plays down prospects for Putin-Trump meeting
A senior White House official said there are no plans for the two to meet “in the immediate future”. Read More
Syria hopes for full lifting of US sanctions in coming months
LONDON – Syria hopes U.S. sanctions will be fully lifted in the coming months and has started the process of restructuring billions of dollars of debt amassed during Bashar al-Assad’s…
Spanish court orders ex-UN official extradited to US in bribery case
MADRID – Spain’s High Court has ordered that former senior U.N. official Vitaly Vanshelboim be extradited to the United States where he is accused of taking bribes and money laundering,…
Israel urges Canadian PM Carney to drop pledge to arrest Netanyahu
JERUSALEM – Israel urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to drop his pledge to honour the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travelled to…