Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees say the Trump administration is undermining the nation's spy services.

The White House has hit out at South Africa’s leader for "running his mouth" over the United States’ boycott of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg.

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.

Leaders and delegates from the world’s richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration.

President Donald Trump says he's turning his attention to helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has firmly rejected the possibility of U.S. intervention against drug cartels a day after President Donald Trump again said he would support it.

President Donald Trump isn't ruling out military action against Venezuela despite bringing up potential diplomatic talks with its leader, Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump is announcing “FIFA Pass,” which will allow foreigners with World Cup tickets to get expedited visa appointments.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. “may be having some discussions” with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state.

President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring.

Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says Brazilian goods like coffee, beef and tropical fruits will still face a 40% tariff in the U.S. This comes despite President Donald Trump’s decision to remove some import taxes.

President Donald Trump has justified American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs by saying the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels has been a major failure.

The United States has stepped up calls for U.N. consensus on its plan for Gaza as Russia is circulating a rival proposal.

The U.S. military says its 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in the Caribbean Sea.

The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days.

A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza is facing opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries.

A senior adviser to the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments calling for a halt to the flow of military support coming to the RSF from abroad may jeopardize global efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire.

Israeli settlers have torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank.

South Africa's leader says that U_S_ President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend is “their loss."

President Donald Trump has urged Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case.

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill to end a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan.

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the U.S. and traditional allies like Canada over defense spending and trade.

The top Democratic senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the Trump administration made a $7.5 million payment to the government of Equatorial Guinea amid an effort deport people to the West African country.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. Senate is drawing closer to ending the U.S. government shutdown.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with President Donald Trump.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced another deadly U.S. strike on a boat he said was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea.

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to launch an attack against Venezuela.

Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab and Muslim majority countries in a move aimed at boosting the initiative that was a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s first administration.

President Donald Trump has hosted leaders from five Central Asian countries at the White House.

Top Trump administration officials have briefed lawmakers on the growing U.S. campaign to destroy alleged drug-smuggling boats in the waters off South America.

Rescuers and aid workers have spread across Jamaica to deliver food and water after Hurricane Melissa ravaged the island.

President Donald Trump's administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans.

Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week marked the most serious challenge yet for a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he cannot run for a third term, citing constitutional limits, despite his interest in staying in the White House.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet with her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area.

Israel’s foreign minister says his government will not allow Turkish troops to take part in a future international peace force in Gaza.

Efforts to back fill some of the cuts to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration raised over $125 million in eight months.

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Japan's newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo.

Hamas says it is expanding its search for the remains of hostages still left in Gaza.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has toured a U.S.-led coordination center in southern Israel.

A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation.

The U.S. military has launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches.

Japan’s new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense power to rapidly adapt to changing warfare and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week.

Preliminary results show that Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator who was never a nationally prominent figure until now, has won Bolivia’s presidential election, galvanizing voters outraged by the country’s economic crisis and frustrated with 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party.

The U.S. has blocked a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting ended Friday without adopting new regulations.

President Donald Trump is calling on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war.

Venezuelan government officials floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in Caracas.

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe.

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month.

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba for the U.S. at the request of the U.S. government, according to Cuban authorities.

The White House is responding bitterly to President Donald Trump being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize despite efforts from Republicans and world leaders.

Health Secretary Robert F.

The U.S. has granted Trinidad and Tobago permission to negotiate a gas deal with neighboring Venezuela without facing any U.S. sanctions.

President Donald Trump is celebrating a breakthrough in the two-year conflict in the Middle East, calling it something people said could never be done.

After months of gridlock in the Middle East, there was a turning point in talks on the Israel-Hamas conflict.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to an in-person meeting.

The State Department says it's fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman alleged to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting a Mideast peace deal was close.

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

Frank Bisignano has been named CEO of the IRS, adding to his role as Social Security Administration Commissioner.

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza.

Cuba's top diplomat says recent U.S. escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region.

A federal judge says the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens for deportation over pro-Palestinian protests.

Iran faces renewed UN sanctions over its nuclear program, escalating tensions with the West.

South Korea’s top diplomat says his boss has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

President Donald Trump has sent American warships to the waters off Venezuela and has boasted about strikes on alleged drug boats.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 17 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 10 children and three women, according to local health officials, as international pressure for a ceasefire continues to grow.

President Donald Trump has held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, and he's indicating the U.S. might soon lift its hold on advanced fighter jet sales to the NATO ally.

The U.N. Security Council once again aired a divide between the veto-wielding United States and most of the rest of the world over how to end the war in the Gaza Strip and resolve the Mideast conflict.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in New York.

President Donald Trump likes to project dominance and confidence on the world stage, but lately he's been expressing more frustration and disappointment.

The State Department is refocusing its foreign health assistance programs around multiyear bilateral deals with recipient countries.

An immigration judge in Louisiana has ruled that Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for not disclosing information on his green card application.

Mike Waltz almost certainly will not make his debut as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a gathering of world leaders next week.

Some staff at the International Criminal Court have found a workaround to allow them to continue their investigations despite sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

China's coast guard has accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

Israeli forces have launched a new ground offensive in Gaza City, with heavy strikes reported across the area.

Israel has launched its offensive in Gaza City, vowing to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of war.

The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.

Israel and the United States have shown a unified front amid international anger over Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar and its bombardment of Gaza City.

Qatar hosted a summit of Arab and Islamic nations in hopes of presenting a united response to Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders last week in Doha.

President Lula da Silva has called a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the U_S_ “political” and “illogical.”.

Qatar's prime minister has denounced Israel as Arab and Muslim foreign ministers are meeting to discuss a unified response to Israel's attack on Doha.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Israel as it intensifies attacks on northern Gaza.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas operatives in Qatar that has upended efforts to broker an end to the conflict.

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered this week’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he took a major gamble in his campaign to pound the group into submission.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Qatar’s prime minister Friday before he visits Israel this weekend.

The United Arab Emirates has summoned Israel's envoy to condemn Israel's attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar.

The U.S. military strike on what the Trump administration says was a drug-carrying speedboat from Venezuela came after the vessel had turned around and was headed back to shore.

President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing by attracting foreign investment are clashing with his immigration crackdown.

A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid on a battery factory in Georgia last week has left Atlanta bound for South Korea.

A Democratic former school board member who garnered attention for defeating a future cofounder of Moms for Liberty announced she is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida.