The US and China have reached “stability” in their long-fractious relationship, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Asian power.

Nigeria battling 16-year insurgency

Court holds law doesn't provide authority for tariffs

Several others wounded in airstrike

Two countries to cooperate in "horizon scanning" field

Dismisses US calls to discuss ballistic missiles and long-range capabilities

Rubio says no US personnel involved, it was not a US operation

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The university says it has taken steps to combat discrimination.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is to testify behind closed doors Thursday

'The president wants diplomatic solutions. He prefers them greatly,' he says

The CIA recruitment effort comes amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the Middle East

A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said yesterday, blaming Israel for two-thirds of the deaths.

A Ukrainian drone attack on a fertiliser plant in Russia’s western Smolensk region killed seven people and wounded 10 others, Russian officials said Wednesday.

A Myanmar military air strike on a village market in the country’s westernmost state killed at least 17 people, two local sources said yesterday.

Nepal’s interim government has said preparations are on track for parliamentary elections next week, the first since a deadly 2025 uprising, urging voters to exercise their right “without fear”.

The lives of more than 1.9 million displaced people in South Sudan are being put at risk due to aid funding shortages, the UN’s migration agency said yesterday.

Thousands of Venezuelans charged or imprisoned for resisting socialist rule have been granted amnesty under a landmark law adopted as part of the post-Nicolas Maduro transition, the national legislature said Tuesday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz yesterday urged Chinese firms to step up investment in Germany but also called on Beijing to reduce market distortions as he began a visit aimed at resetting relations between the world’s second- and third-largest economies.

At one hour and 47 minutes, Trump delivered the longest State of the Union speech in US history, beating the previous record of one hour and 20 minutes set by former president Bill Clinton in 2000