Haley fires back at Trump attacks as New Hampshire primaries near

Haley fires back at Trump attacks as New Hampshire primaries near

With U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at his side (L), U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a working lunch with ambassadors of countries on the UN Security Council at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2017. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has been throwing harder punches … Read more

Biden admits airstrikes on Houthis aren’t working

Biden admits airstrikes on Houthis aren’t working

Houthi followers lift rifles and shout slogans against the U.S.-U.K. during a tribal gathering on January 14, 2024 on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are enthusiastically “confronting America directly,” the organization’s leader said in a televised speech, vowing to continue the group’s … Read more

Ukraine dismisses Trump-Putin relationship, brushes off U.S. election fears

Ukraine dismisses Trump-Putin relationship, brushes off U.S. election fears

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba attends a joint briefing with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Hanke Bruins Slot. Future Publishing | Getty Images Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told CNBC Thursday that he does not think there would be a big shift in support away from his country if Donald … Read more

U.S. executives see a Trump victory in 2024

U.S. executives see a Trump victory in 2024

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he takes the stage at his caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 15, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters DAVOS, Switzerland — Global business leaders may be in the snowy hills of Switzerland, but their conversations keep returning to Washington, D.C. … Read more

Israel’s ban on Palestinian workers is hurting its economy: central bank

Israel’s ban on Palestinian workers is hurting its economy: central bank

Amir Yaron, governor of the Bank of Israel, speaks during an interest rates news conference in Jerusalem, Israel, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Kobi Wolf | Bloomberg | Getty Images The immediate ban on nearly all Palestinian workers to enter Israel following the Hamas-led terror attack of Oct. 7 has dealt a shock to the … Read more

Biden hosts Speaker Johnson, Sen. Schumer, push Ukraine, Israel aid

Biden hosts Speaker Johnson, Sen. Schumer, push Ukraine, Israel aid

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a Menorah lighting to celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President Joe Biden hosted Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader … Read more

Biden designates Houthis terrorist group, as U.S. ramps up Red Sea counterstrikes

Biden designates Houthis terrorist group, as U.S. ramps up Red Sea counterstrikes

Houthi supporters hold up rifles as they rally to protest the killing of Saleh al-Samad, a senior Houthi official, by a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Hodeidah, Yemen April 25, 2018. Abduljabbar Zeyad | Reuters The U.S. State Department on Wednesday designated the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based Houthi rebels as specially designated global terrorists, or SDGTs, in … Read more

Iran strikes Syria, Iraq and Pakistan as Middle East tensions spike

Iran strikes Syria, Iraq and Pakistan as Middle East tensions spike

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Within 24 hours, Iran launched missile and drone strikes on targets in three countries — Iraq, Syria and Pakistan — and took the extraordinary step of announcing its responsibility for the attacks, triggering anger from its neighbors. The developments have heightened concerns over the possibility of a wider Middle East … Read more

Advance of the far-right the ‘biggest concern’ for Western democracies

Advance of the far-right the ‘biggest concern’ for Western democracies

Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament on Nov. 15, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Isabel Infantes | Getty Images News | Getty Images The rise of far-right political groups is the “biggest concern” for Western democracies, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told CNBC. “I think that not only … Read more

Trump’s potential return to White House is dominating chat

Trump’s potential return to White House is dominating chat

President Donald Trump (C) arrives, flanked by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L), to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 26, 2018 in Davos, Switzerland. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images   DAVOS, Switzerland ꟷ Donald Trump is not among the attendees at this year’s edition of the World … Read more