Violence-hit Ecuador chooses next president
Some 14 million Ecuadorans will go to the polls Sunday to decide who will lead their violence-wracked Andean nation through its worst crisis in half a century. Sixteen candidates are…
US judge halts Musk’s DOGE access to Treasury Department data
A US judge issued an emergency order early Saturday blocking Elon Musk’s government reform team from accessing personal and financial data for millions of Americans stored at the Treasury Department,…
Judge blocks Trump plan to place thousands of USAID workers on leave
A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a…
Trump sanctions ICC for ‘illegitimate’ Israel, US probes
US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court for probes targeting America and its ally Israel, but the ICC on Friday vowed to continue providing “justice and…
US seizes second Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican Republic
The Trump administration on Thursday seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government that is currently in the Dominican Republic. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio watched…
US college sports body bars transgender women from competing in women’s divisions
The governing body for US collegiate sports changed its policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, allowing only those assigned female at birth to compete in women‘s sports. The move by…
‘Political stunt’: Feasibility of Trump plan in limbo as first migrants are sent to Guantanamo
As US President Donald Trump signed the first bill of his new term into law, he doubled down on how his administration would deal with undocumented immigrants. “We have 30,000…
Panama’s president hits back at US ‘lies’ about free canal access
Panama on Thursday rejected the United States’ claim that it had secured free passage for government vessels through the Panama Canal while bowing to US pressure to quit a key…
Trump’s USAID shutdown halts life-saving programmes, threatens global security
When the Trump administration took over on January 20, Anne Linn was working as a senior community health adviser at the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) – a government initiative to…
US government ships granted free Panama Canal passage after Trump threats
The United States said Wednesday that its government vessels would be allowed to sail for free through the Panama Canal, following heavy pressure from President Donald Trump. “US government vessels…