UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Tuesday of trying to overthrow his government, rejecting bilateral talks after President Donald Trump predicted stepped-up U.S. sanctions would get Tehran to negotiate over its nuclear program.
Addressing world […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday, citing the refusal of Palestinian leaders to enter into peace talks with Israel. The Palestinians accused the administration of dismantling decades of U.S. […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has said privately that he won’t make compromises with Canada in high-stakes talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Toronto Star reported Friday.
The report raised doubts about whether the two countries can […]
TOKYO — Japan needs to bolster its missile defenses and its alliance with the United States, its government stressed Tuesday in an annual defense review that judged North Korea to still be a serious threat that has not taken […]
WASHINGTON— The Latest on a U.S. trade agreement with Mexico (all times local):
11:55 a.m.
President Donald Trump says he intends to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement and call its replacement “the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement” — a name that […]
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said Wednesday it is increasing tariffs on some U.S. products like cars, alcohol, and coal — a move that is unlikely to have much economic impact but highlights the deteriorating relations with the U.S. in […]
MOSCOW — Russia’s prime minister sternly warned the United States against ramping up sanctions, saying Friday that Moscow would retaliate with economic, political and unspecified “other” means.
The tough message from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev marked what the Kremlin sees as […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday reimposing many sanctions on Iran, three months after pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, saying the U.S. policy is to levy “maximum economic pressure” on the country.
In a […]
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip from a […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on U.S.-threatened sanctions on Turkey over a detained American pastor (all times local):
2:15 p.m.
Turkey says it’s unacceptable for the United States to threaten sanctions over a detained American pastor.
In a statement released Thursday, the spokesman […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s top national security aides sought to fend off accusations the president is too soft on Russia by declaring Wednesday that the U.S. will never recognize the annexation of Crimea and by postponing a second […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposed Washington meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been delayed until 2019.
National security adviser John Bolton, in a statement, cites special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed appreciation to North Korea on Tuesday following reports that Pyongyang has started to dismantle key parts of a missile test site. But Trump’s top diplomat sounded a note of caution, saying inspectors would […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s explosive twitter threat to Iran’s leader comes as his administration is ratcheting up a pressure campaign on the Islamic republic that many suspect is aimed at regime change.
No one is predicting imminent war. But Trump’s […]
MOSCOW — Having Donald Trump in the White House is looking increasingly like a liability for the Kremlin, rather than an asset. But don’t expect President Vladimir Putin to say that out loud.
Russia’s official assessment of Trump’s high-stakes summit […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on continuing reaction to President Donald Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin (all times local):
5:25 p.m.
President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United […]
WASHINGTON — Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he simply misspoke when he said he saw no […]
HELSINKI — Standing next to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies’ conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to Trump’s benefit and seemed to accept Putin’s insistence […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on reaction to President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local):
1:50 p.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says there’s “no question” that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and continues to […]
HELSINKI — Russia’s Vladimir Putin said Monday he did want Donald Trump to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election but took no action during the campaign to make it happen. He said he favored the celebrity businessman because of […]
HELSINKI — President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin opened their summit Monday with serious expression all around and the American president declaring that “the world wants to see us get along.” Trump laid out a list of topics for […]
ELLESBOROUGH, England — President Donald Trump pulled off a diplomatic backflip Friday , reversing himself on trade, Brexit and his critical assessment of British Prime Minister Theresa May while insisting the U.S.-U.K. relationship is “the highest level of special.” […]
LONDON — The Latest on protests in Britain against U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit (all times local):
5:10 p.m.
Tens of thousands of protesters are swarming the streets of central London to protest Donald Trump’s first visit to Britain as U.S. […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took credit Thursday for a supposed new decision by NATO members to increase military spending, though there was no evidence of that.
And after hinting that the alliance is in trouble, he asserted that his […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted a letter to him from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un heralding “epochal progress” in U.S.-North Korea relations, despite signs that path-finding diplomacy between the adversaries is running into problems.
Trump described the letter […]
BRUSSELS — He didn’t shove anyone this time, but President Donald Trump’s body language during NATO events Wednesday suggested his relationships with key U.S. allies aren’t exactly buddy-buddy.
Trump started the day with a tense breakfast meeting with Jens Stoltenberg […]
BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump barreled into a NATO summit Wednesday with claims that a pipeline deal has left Germany “totally controlled” and “captive to Russia” as he lobbed fresh complaints about allies’ “delinquent” defense spending at the opening […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s repeated tongue lashings of NATO allies and his friendly overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin are stirring questions at home and abroad about Trump’s commitment to an Atlantic alliance that has been a pillar […]
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WASHINGTON — With the established global order on shaky footing, President Donald Trump’s weeklong trip to Europe will test already strained bonds with some of the United States’ closest allies, then put him face to face with the leader […]
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang stressed their commitment to a multilateral trade system Monday in the wake of Washington’s decision to impose widespread tariffs, saying it was to everyone’s benefit.
Speaking in Berlin […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The State Department pushed back Thursday against suggestions the Trump administration has softened its stance on North Korea as the top U.S. diplomat traveled to Pyongyang for crucial nuclear talks.
Spokeswoman Heather Nauert told journalists accompanying Secretary […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is making an unsubstantiated assertion that the Obama administration granted 2,500 Iranians citizenship as part of a 2015 nuclear deal that sought to limit Tehran’s weapons program.
Nothing in the agreement speaks to the naturalization […]
BRUSSELS – NATO allies are pushing back against U.S. criticism that they are not spending enough on defense, as President Donald Trump ratchets up pressure ahead of a summit next week.
In the weeks leading up to the July 11-12 summit […]
SEOUL, South Korea — Three weeks after the U.S.-North Korea summit and ahead of an impending trip to North Korea by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a leaked U.S. intelligence report and an analysis of satellite data suggest […]
WASHINGTON ) — The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said, although U.S. intelligence reported signs that […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House announced Thursday.
A terse synchronized statement said the two presidents will discuss bilateral issues […]
MOSCOW — The Latest on talks to set up a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump (all times local):
5:30 p.m.
A foreign affairs adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow and Washington have reached […]
WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump presses ahead with plans for a summer summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the U.S. president is jolting relationships with some of America’s longest and strongest allies. Amid concerns over Trump’s apparent desire to be […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as the two nations move closer to a trade war.
In response, China has threatened what it called “comprehensive […]
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