A conservative media critic picked by President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the US embassy said Tuesday, with bilateral relations fractured over a range of issues.
Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday aged 84, had a three pronged career of civil rights, liberal missions and political activism, and his two White House bids in the 1980s helped lay the groundwork for the election of America's first Black president two decades later.
Iran and the United States began fresh talks in Geneva on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump warned of consequences should Tehran fail to strike a deal.
- At least 17 killed in two bomb attacks, gunfight in northwest Pakistan
- Tariq confident Pakistan can bounce back after India drubbing
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Lindsey Vonn said "being back on home soil feels amazing" after returning to the United States having undergone four operations on the broken leg she suffered in the crash which dashed her hopes of Winter Olympics glory.
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Bangladesh's prime minister-to-be Tarique Rahman and lawmakers were sworn into parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first elected representatives since a deadly 2024 uprising.
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Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said.
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Peru's Congress is set to consider Tuesday whether to impeach interim president Jose Jeri, the country's seventh head of state in 10 years, accused of the irregular hiring of several women in his government.
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At an hour when Ahmad and Mohammed should have been in the classroom, the two brothers sat idle at home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
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Oil prices were in focus Tuesday as US President Donald Trump ramped up threats towards Iran, shaking up markets subdued by holidays in Asia and the United States.
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The death of US actor James Van Der Beek was just the latest reminder that colorectal cancer has been surging among people under 50 in recent years -- and no one knows why.
Russian and Ukrainian delegations are set for another round of talks on Tuesday in Geneva as part of the latest fraught push by the United States to end the four-year war.
President Donald Trump warned Iran of potential consequences should it fail to strike a deal with the United States, as negotiators prepare for the latest round of talks in Geneva on Tuesday.
Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.
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India has tightened rules governing the use of artificial intelligence on social media to combat a flood of disinformation, but also prompting warnings of censorship and an erosion of digital freedoms.
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Cuba's already shattered economy is being assailed on various fronts as US President Donald Trump has vowed to bring the communist island to its knees.
Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis.
France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States, but his wife was nowhere to be found after he landed in Paris on Monday. After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russia, Alexei Ishimov, 31, arrived in Paris from Seattle on Monday morning, AFP correspondents saw.
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- Supported by U.S. Polo Assn., the 2026 U.S. Open Women's Polo Championship(R) Concludes with Victory Eastern Hay the Champion
- Frederick Wiseman, documentarian of America's institutions, dead at 96
- Gu pipped to Olympic gold again as Meillard extends Swiss ski dominance
- Copper powers profit surge at Australia's BHP
- China's Gu defiant after missing out on Olympic gold again
- Remains of Colombian priest-turned-guerrilla identified six decades later
- USA bobsleigh veteran Meyers Taylor wins elusive gold
- Miura and Kihara snatch Olympic pairs gold for Japan