An emboldened Donald Trump declared that America’s decline is over as he reclaimed the presidency on Monday, promising a crackdown on illegal immigration and portraying himself as a savior chosen by God to rescue a faltering nation. For American citizens, January , , is Liberation Day, ...

   Palestinians began searching on Monday for thousands of Gazans believed still buried under rubble, as residents expressed shock at the devastation wrought by months of war on the enclave on the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.The truce in the month old conflict, which has...

   President Donald Trump faces an arduous task delivering on his Inauguration Day promise of a Golden Age of America in the face of a closely split Congress, inevitable lawsuits and recalcitrant world leaders.After taking the oath of office, Trump outlined a series of sweeping executive orders, the...

   As Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president dawns, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians see a hard road ahead in their war with Russia, and many have come to hope for a ceasefire without expelling Russian forces.Trump’s aides have conceded that a deal to end the war could take months or longer,...

   Nearly, Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump’s order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement...

   South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to be questioned by investigators on Monday under a probe into whether he committed insurrection, as dozens of his supporters faced being charged over a violent rampage on a court building.Authorities said security was being beefed up at the...

   TikTok awaited an executive order granting it more time to strike a deal after President Donald Trumpreturned to power on Monday, as China signaled it would be open to a transaction to keep the app in the U.S. market.The short video service used by million Americans was briefly taken offline...

   Chinese officials and ordinary people are hopeful but on edge as Donald Trump returns to the White House, eager to avoid a repeat of the bruising trade war that drove a wedge between the economic superpowers during his first term.Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, in meetings with Tesla CEO Elon...

   South Sudan police said on Monday that Sudanese nationals were killed in riots last week over the alleged killings of South Sudanese people in Sudan’s El Gezira region.Riots erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba and elsewhere in the country on Thursday and Friday, with protesters angry about...

   President Donald Trumpdid not immediately impose tariffs on Monday but said in his inaugural address the U.S. would collect massive amounts of income from foreign trade duties as his administration works to rebuild American industry.A Trump administration official said the new president would...

   Newly sworn in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the th century expansionist doctrine of Manifest Destiny in laying out plans for space exploration.Doubling down on his pre...

   Moldova and its separatist Transdniestria region inched towards a deal on Monday to allow gas to flow to residents of the rebel enclave, who have been suffering from power and heating cuts since the start of the year.Ukraine refused to renew an agreement allowing transit through its territory of...

   Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than expected.Hamas is set to release the more than hostages over the coming weeks as part of a complex ceasefire deal...

   The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA said aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after months of war.OCHA cited information from Israel and the ceasefire guarantors,...

   Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al Sharaa congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration in a statement on Monday, saying he is looking forward to improving relations between the two countries. We are confident that he is the leader to bring peace to the Middle East and restore...

   U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on the supply of, pound bombs to Israel in his first days in office, Walla News reported on Monday, citing an interview with the Israeli envoy to Washington.Trump is also expected to reverse sanctions the Biden...

   President Donald Trump will order the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, once again placing the world’s top historic emitter of greenhouse gas emissions outside of the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change through domestic...

   Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons on Monday for several of his immediate family members and people that incoming PresidentDonald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including Republican former lawmaker Liz Cheney and Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.The...

   French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the billions of euros of taxpayer money spent on Europe’s military budgets should not be used to buy only American weapons, pushing for more investment in home grown defence industries.Speaking minutes before the inauguration of U.S. President...

   At least Colombian fighters from rival rebel factions were killed in weekend clashes over control of a strategic jungle area for drug trafficking, military sources and the human rights ombudsman office reported on Monday.The clashes pitted opposing factions from what was once the Revolutionary...