Foreign policy

US has revoked over 100,000 visas since Trump return

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo

Explainer-How a five-yearly Communist Party congress will pick Vietnam's next leaders

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam leaves after attending a parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of independence in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool

Munich Security conference head defends inviting German far-right party

Trump’s Venezuela focus frustrates top aides worried about midterm elections

Republicans on Capitol Hill have privately questioned why US President Donald Trump is not more focused on domestic priorities, even as they publicly support his actions overseas.

Pope Leo decries world’s ‘zeal for war’ in fiery Vatican speech

Pope Leo, the first US pope, said the weakness of international organisations in the face of global conflicts was “a particular cause for concern”.

Iran’s rulers face legitimacy crisis amid spreading unrest

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

‘Den of robbers’: German President warns US is destroying world order

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged countries not to let the world order disintegrate into a “den of robbers” where the unscrupulous take what they want.

Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland; US military always an option: White House

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a fjord in western Greenland, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

Trump’s bet on regime change in Venezuela is a sharp departure from MAGA agenda

US President Donald Trump gave little sense of how far he was willing to go to gain control of Venezuela.

Mock house, CIA source and special forces: The US operation to capture Maduro

Helicopters fly past plumes of smoke rising from explosions, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan 3.

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