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by Amber WANG Taiwan detected six Chinese balloons off the island, the defense ministry said Friday, as Beijing maintains military pressure to push its claim of sovereignty. The six balloons were spotted in the 24 hours to 6:00 am on

by Aishwarya KUMAR Each morning Indian farmer R Murali opens an app on his phone to check if his pomegranate trees need watering, fertiliser or are at risk from pests. “It is a routine,” Murali, 51, told AFP at his

by Sofiane Alsaar U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza will imperil attempts to forge landmark ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel and fuel anti-American sentiment in the oil-rich kingdom, analysts said. Trump’s proposal to redevelop Gaza and

Hong Kong will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization in response to heightened US tariffs on its goods, a government spokesperson said Friday, days after Beijing announced a similar move. US President Donald Trump over the weekend launched

by Barbara WOJAZER Tracey, an American fighting in Ukraine, got angry at social media posts from his friends back home calling for Washington to cut its support to Kyiv. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated money should be spent at

“We will not be bullied,” South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa emphatically told his nation’s Parliament on Thursday. “We are witnessing the rise of nationalism, protectionism, the pursuit of narrow interests and the decline of common cause,” Ramaphosa said during his

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people’s rights by focusing on “gender ideology.” But the term is loaded, without a universal definition. (Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of others. (Image credit: Charlie Riedel)

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while paying too little for the cost of American military protection. (Image credit: Kevin Wolf)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also suggested that “there should be no negotiations