Bill Clinton features regularly in the files, but no evidence has come to light implicating either Clinton in criminal activity

Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice

Almost exactly 12 hours after the post appeared on Trump's account there was an unusual concession from an administration that normally refuses to admit the slightest mistake

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he "didn't see" the part of a video posted on his social media account that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys

The executive order comes days after Trump announced a trade deal to reduce tariffs on India

The US military Thursday said it killed two alleged drug traffickers in a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific, bringing the death toll from Washington’s campaign to at least 128.

The United States yesterday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, after the last treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow expired.

An amnesty law being considered in Venezuela’s legislature that would grant immediate clemency to people jailed for participating in political protests or critiquing public figures won initial lawmaker approval on Thursday.

A Tunisian court yesterday ordered the detention of a lawmaker accused of criticising President Kais Saied following recent floods, his lawyer told AFP.

Cuba is prepared to hold dialogue with the United States but not under pressure, President Miguel Diaz-Canel insisted Thursday after months of threats from US President Donald Trump.

The United Arab Emirates has drafted plans to build a compound to house thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of south Gaza under Israeli military control, according to a map seen by Reuters and people briefed on the plans.

A top Russian military intelligence general was shot in a Moscow apartment building yesterday and hospitalised, Moscow said, in what it said was an assassination attempt orchestrated by Ukraine.

A newly discovered Michelangelo drawing of a foot sold for $27.2 million at a US auction Thursday, a new record for any work created by the Renaissance master.

Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States held in Oman yesterday were a good beginning and will continue, Iran’s foreign minister said, after growing concerns that a failure in the high-stakes negotiations could set off another Middle East war.

Post sparks outrage across political spectrum

Both sides have indicated readiness to revive diplomacy

Previously, Takaichi endorsed Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

First restart since 2011 Fukushima disaster

Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur, UN-backed experts warned yesterday, after the paramilitary takeover of the region’s main city El-Fasher triggered mass displacement into surrounding communities.

Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Iran and other thorny subjects Wednesday with both US counterpart Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, hailing tighter ties with Moscow and calling for “mutual respect” with Washington.