‘There will be changes’: Marco Rubio confirmed as US secretary of state In a speech on Tuesday, Rubio defended his department’s employees but warned of alterations to come under Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio greets State Department staff at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday in Washington, DC [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera…
Xi and Putin discuss relations with Trump, Ukraine and Taiwan Leaders discussed their prospective contacts with Donald Trump’s new US administration during a wide-ranging video call, Kremlin says. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is greeted by China’s President Xi Jinping [File: Mark Ralston/AFP] Published On 21 Jan 202521 Jan 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with…
The US president laid out a populist agenda in speech to the nation.
Trump’s UN ambassador pick says Israel has ‘biblical right’ to West Bank At her confirmation hearing, Elise Stefanik pledged to continue the US’s defence of Israel and advance Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda. Representative Elise Stefanik testifies during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC [Rod Lamkey, Jr/The…
Elise Stefanik refused to say whether she believes Palestinians have a right to self-determination.
Qatar PM hopes Palestinian Authority will return to Gaza when war ends Sheikh Mohammed says Palestinians in Gaza – and not any other country – should dictate the way the enclave is governed. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who is also the country’s foreign minister, says his country was sorry for the…
M23 rebels seize key eastern DRC town of Minova Authorities say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a trade hub for the eastern provincial capital of Goma. Members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stand guard against the M23 rebel group in Lubero, North Kivu province, DRC [File:…
Aid has started to flow into Gaza following the ceasefire announcement, but the main challenge is getting it to people.
First raft of lawsuits target US birthright citizenship, other Trump orders Donald Trump signs a record 26 executive orders during the first day of his second term, including an effort to restrict citizenship. US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship on January 20 in the White House in Washington, DC [Evan…
Far-right Oath Keepers, ex-Proud Boys leaders released after Trump pardons Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, who received some of longest sentences for the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, are freed from prison. Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were among the individuals accused of planning violence on January 6, 2021, the day of the…