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Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse in Burlington, Vermont, after he was released on bail on Wednesday. Photo: AP

United States

Palestinian student released after being arrested at US citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is out on bail as he challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him for taking part in Gaza protests.

1 May 2025 - 4:39AM

Donald Trump

Trump says US ships should travel through Panama and Suez canals for free

27 Apr 2025 - 6:46AMvideocam

US-China relations

Unpredictable Trump leaves China struggling to respond to US foreign policy

25 Apr 2025 - 1:06AMvideocam

Ukraine war

Zelensky cuts South Africa trip short after deadly Russian missile strikes

The aerial attacks raise ceasefire doubts amid the ongoing conflict, despite US president Trump saying a peace deal was “very close”.

24 Apr 2025 - 8:52PMvideocam

A Russian ballistic missile explodes in the sky over the city in Kyiv on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

China-Asean relations

China calls on Indonesia to jointly oppose protectionism as US trade war deepens

Call from China’s top diplomat Wang Yi follows first ‘2+2’ talks between the two countries’ foreign and defence ministers.

22 Apr 2025 - 5:31PM

Donald Trump

US lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

The suit represents over 100 students from China, India and elsewhere, after many lost their legal status in a Trump administration crackdown.

19 Apr 2025 - 3:28PMvideocam

Ukraine war

Trump says US will ‘take a pass’ if no Ukraine deal progress

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier said that Washington would ‘move on’ if a truce with Russia did not seem ‘doable’ within days.

19 Apr 2025 - 2:14AMvideocam

Donald Trump

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported migrant to US

Trump administration has been ordered by a court to facilitate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was deported without due process.

15 Apr 2025 - 9:27AM

United States

US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Marco Rubio says

US secretary of state hailed alliance between Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele a day before Bukele’s White House visit.

14 Apr 2025 - 9:01AM

US Politics

Who are US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s parents, Mario and Oriales Rubio?

Marco Rubio has been criticised for saying his parents fled Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power, even though they were granted permanent residency in the US several years before.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:00PM

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington in January. Photo: Reuters

United States

US-Russian citizen released in Moscow-Washington prisoner swap

Ksenia Karelina was convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about US$52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:19PMvideocam

Russian-American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina attends a court hearing in Russia on august 15, 2024 after she was accused of treason for making a donation to a charity supporting Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Africa

US revokes all South Sudan visas after it refuses to take back its citizens

The African nation is on the brink of return to civil war after its First Vice-President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week.

6 Apr 2025 - 7:34AM

Donald Trump

Trump losing patience with Putin, US’ Marco Rubio tells Nato

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump probably wouldn’t accept the Russian president’s delaying tactics much longer.

4 Apr 2025 - 10:09PMvideocam

The Philippines

Opinion | Why the Philippines can’t count on the US’ strategic love

The Trump administration has offered reassurances to Manila, but mixed signals and global tariffs mean there are still reasons to be wary.

4 Apr 2025 - 6:58AMvideocam

Nato

Marco Rubio says US committed to Nato but tells allies to spend more

Trump has demanded Nato more than double its current spending target to five per cent of GDP – more than any, including the US, spend now.

3 Apr 2025 - 7:39PMvideocam

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (right) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting of Nato’s ministers of foreign affairs, at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels on Thursday. Photo: AFP

China-Russia relations

Car trouble: is a drop in China-Russia auto shipments a bad omen for trade?

As the US attempts to peel Russia away from China, Moscow and Beijing’s auto trade has slowed. Is Donald Trump’s plan working?

30 Mar 2025 - 6:14PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Rubio says he stripped visas from 300 ‘lunatics’ over university Gaza protests

The Trump administration has moved aggressively against foreign students over on-campus demonstrations, leading to some high-profile arrests.

28 Mar 2025 - 6:18AM

Ukraine war

Not all European allies agree on troops for Ukraine: Macron

France and Britain, which are driving the initiative, would forge ahead with a ‘reassurance force’ with several countries.

28 Mar 2025 - 12:07AMvideocam

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of drone strikes on a residential area in Kharkiv on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

United States

Trump’s top diplomat says adding journalist to war chat was ‘big mistake’

Meanwhile, billionaire Elon Musk has offered his tech experts to help investigate the incident, the White House says.

27 Mar 2025 - 4:36AMvideocam

South Africa

67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump’s plan for refugee status

Trump’s executive order specifically refers to Afrikaners, a white minority group who are descendants of mainly Dutch and French settlers.

21 Mar 2025 - 2:42AM

Ukraine war

Trump, Putin agree on partial Ukraine ceasefire. Kyiv wants details

Ukraine ceasefire talks set for Sunday in Jeddah after Trump and Russian president hold lengthy phone call.

19 Mar 2025 - 4:00PM

Ukrainian servicemen fire a mortar towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on Sunday. Photo: 24th Mechanised Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces/AFP

US-China relations

China’s Global Times praises Trump cuts to Voice of America, Radio Free Asia

US media broadcasters have long drawn criticism from Beijing over reporting critical of mainland government’s human rights record.

18 Mar 2025 - 9:22AM

The Voice of America headquarters near the US Capitol in Washington on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Donald Trump

US expels South African ambassador, saying he ‘hates’ Trump

Trump has cut US financial aid to South Africa, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its World Court genocide case against Israel.

15 Mar 2025 - 6:38AMvideocam

US-China relations

US hits Thai officials with visa sanctions over deportation of Uygurs to China

A group of at least 40 Uygurs was sent back last month despite warnings from UN experts that they could face torture and ‘irreparable harm’.

15 Mar 2025 - 2:50AMvideocam

US-China relations

G7 slams China’s ‘dangerous’ moves in South China Sea, strongly backs Ukraine

Statement by foreign ministers gathered in Canada also highlights importance of ‘maintaining peace and stability’ across Taiwan Strait.

15 Mar 2025 - 10:47PMvideocam

(From left) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Ukraine war

Rubio vows to block ‘antagonistic’ language on Russia at G7 meeting

US wants softer tone on Russia when G7 foreign ministers meet in Quebec from Wednesday.

11 Mar 2025 - 10:05AM

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo: AP

Ukraine war

Zelensky in Saudi Arabia as US voices hope for Ukraine peace talks

Tuesday’s crunch Ukraine-US talks will be the first between the two sides since White House blow-up.

11 Mar 2025 - 5:58PMvideocam

United States

Trump’s purge of USAID complete, with 83% of programmes gone, Rubio says

This move, following US President Trump’s executive order, has sparked controversy, with critics calling it illegal and harmful to US interests.

11 Mar 2025 - 2:16AM

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