International

APP Washington: U.S. diplomats were shaken following the publication in the media on Sunday of a draft executive order aimed at radically reshaping the State Department as it entailed massive job cuts with the proposed elimination of…

AFP/APP Rome: The United States and Iran made progress in a second round of high-stakes negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program on Saturday and agreed to reconvene next week, both sides confirmed. The Oman-mediated talks in Rome…

AFP/APP New York: Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in New York, Washington, and other cities across the United States for a second major round of demonstrations against former President Donald Trump and his hard-line policies.…

AFP/APP Kinshasa: At least 143 people have died, and dozens more are missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Friday. Hundreds of passengers were crowded onto a…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump warned Thursday that Washington could "take a pass" on talks to end the Ukraine war within days unless there is rapid progress from both Moscow and Kyiv. Trump's comments followed US…

AFP/APP Washington: Donald Trump's simmering discontent with the US Federal Reserve boiled over this week, as the president threatened to take the unprecedented step of ousting the head of the fiercely independent central bank. Trump…

AFP/APP Rome: The United States and Iran are set to resume high-stakes talks on Tehran's nuclear program this Saturday, a week after an initial round of discussions that both sides described as "constructive." Iranian Foreign Minister…

AFP/APP Gaza City: Gaza's civil defence agency reported on Friday that 10 people were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike near the southern city of Khan Yunis. “Our crews recovered the bodies of 10 martyrs and a large number of…

AFP/APP Kandalama: It’s time for the daily staff meeting at Sri Lanka’s Hotel Amba Yaalu, where manager Jeewanthi Adhikari laughs and says, “This won’t look very serious, there are only girls around the table.” Perched on the shores…

AFP/APP Brussels: With President Donald Trump more unpredictable than ever and transatlantic ties reaching new lows, calls are growing louder for Europe to declare independence from US tech. From Microsoft to Meta, Apple to Uber,…