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Trump on Monday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and announced plans to send U.S. troops and restrict refugees and asylum, saying he wants to halt illegal entry and border crime. The measures follow a drop in illegal crossings in recent months.

More and more South Korean families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War are losing hope of ever visiting their hometowns or reuniting with their loved ones in the North, a survey showed Friday.

Israel's genocide in Gaza — now in its 462nd day — has killed over 46,006 Palestinians and wounded 109,378 others. In Lebanon, Israel has killed 4,048 people since October 2023.

The once-warm relationship between the United States and Canada has cooled in the past decade. But despite harsh rhetoric on both sides of the border these days, things are well positioned for a major reset. Indeed, the rightward shift in Washington and the coming move to the right in Ottawa offers a perfect opportunity to strengthen our necessary alliance.

A parliamentary judiciary subcommittee on Friday passed a new opposition-led bill mandating a special counsel probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a new term, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the United States and others who believe he stole last year’s vote.

Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly, Friday, in an unprecedented parliamentary move to oust the nation’s interim leadership amid a deepening political crisis.

On 17 December, a number of Palestinians filed a federal lawsuit pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) against the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, alleging human rights violations by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank. Their contention: that the US State Department has failed to implement the strictures of the Leahy Law.

Foreign ministry says the ongoing genocide in Gaza, along with Israeli authorities' provocative actions intended to change the historical status quo of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, pose a threat to regional security and stability.

The United States has moved away from its moral foreign policy of promoting democracy and human rights across the globe. This shift could create global instability, as authoritarian regimes could fill the vacuum left by America’s retreat. In order to prevent this, the US needs to recommit to its moral foundations and renew its efforts to support democracy around the world.