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Trump to meet Venezuelan Oppn leader after cozying up to Maduro's successor

President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicols Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month. Less than two weeks after U.S. forces seized Maduro and his wife at a heavily guarded compound in Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges, Trump will host the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado, having already dismissed her credibility to run Venezuela and raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in the country. She's a very nice woman, Trump told Reuters in an interview about Machado. I've seen her on television. I think we're just going to talk basics. The meeting comes as Trump and his top advisers have signaled their willingness to work with acting President Delcy Rodrguez, who was Maduro's vice president

Zelenskyy, not Putin, is delaying Ukraine peace agreement, says Trump

At times, Trump has been more willing to accept Putin's assurances at face value than the leaders of some US allies, frustrating Kyiv, European capitals and US lawmakers

US races to sell Venezuelan oil, transforming ties with former foe

US officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country's economy after capturing its president

'This time bullet will not miss': Iranian TV airs warning with Trump image

Iranian TV broadcast a Trump rally shooting image with a warning as US-Iran tensions rose over protests, military threats and reports of killings in Iran

World leaders turn to China as Trump's tariffs reshape global diplomacy

With Xi, 72, traveling abroad less - he skipped the recent G-20 leaders' summit in South Africa, for example - the impetus is on foreign leaders to subscribe to his home-court diplomacy

How Greenland influences climate, geopolitics in a rapidly warming world

The fate of the world's largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice-that has consequences

Trump holds off new tariffs on critical minerals after security review

The president is floating price floors on imports - not just traditional percentage-based tariffs - to develop the supply chains for those materials that run through US-aligned nations

Iran signals fast trials, executions; warns US, Israel against action

Iranian officials signaled on Wednesday that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the US or Israel intervenes in the domestic unrest. The threats emerged as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate, even as President Donald Trump made a series of vague statements in a span of 24 hours that left unclear what American action, if any, would take place against Iran. In comments to reporters, the Republican president said he had been told that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, without providing many details. The shift comes a day after Trump told protesters in Iran that help is on the way and that his administration would act accordingly to respond to the Islamic Republic's deadly crackdown. We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping it's stopped it's stopping, Trump said at the White House while signing executive orders and legislation.

Datanomics: US imposes 25% tariff, worsening Iran's economic stress

As the US slaps fresh tariffs on Iran's trading partners, India faces little fallout - but the move underscores Tehran's deepening economic stress under decades of sanctions

Pakistan signs deal with Trump-linked crypto firm on $1 stablecoin

The announcement represents one of the first publicly announced tie-ups between World Liberty, a crypto-based finance platform launched in September 2024, and a sovereign state

Trump says 'anything less' than US control of Greenland is 'unacceptable'

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that American control of the island was necessary to counter the influence of Russia and China

“Keep protesting, take over your institutions…”: Trump sends strong message to Iranian protesters

US President Donald Trump urged Iranian protesters to “keep protesting” and “take over your institutions” in a bold message of support.

Trump makes obscene gesture at Ford plant heckler; White House defends him

During a visit to Ford's Detroit plant, Donald Trump made an obscene gesture and mouthed an expletive at a heckler; the White House called his response 'appropriate'

Trump's proposed credit card interest cap would hit $70 bn market for debt

Credit card debt has already declined as a share of the overall ABS market, making up 9 per cent of total issuance compared with 36 per cent at its peak in 2009, according to data from Morgan Stanley

Iran uses Russian tech to jam Starlink as protests grow under blackout

Iran has reportedly used Russian-made jammers to disrupt Starlink internet during protests, even as SpaceX waived fees to help people connect amid a nationwide internet blackout

US looks to take over Greenland in 'weeks or months', says Trump aide

Senior US official claims swift movement is possible on Greenland, but the island's leader and Denmark have firmly rejected any takeover, stressing sovereignty amid Arctic tensions

Trump urges Iranians to escalate protests, hints at action as deaths mount

Iran has experienced weeks of mass unrest. While initially touched off by a currency crisis and worsening economic conditions, the protests have increasingly taken aim at the regime

Greenland rules out joining US, backs union with Denmark amid tensions

Nielsen's remarks come ahead of a high-stakes meeting of Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Wednesday

US designates 3 Muslim Brotherhood brances as foreign terrorist groups

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organisations, imposing sanctions on them and their members in a decision that could have implications for US relationships with allies Qatar and Turkiye. The Treasury and State departments announced the actions Tuesday against the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which they said pose a risk to the United States and American interests. The State Department designated the Lebanese branch a foreign terrorist organisation, the most severe of the labels, which makes it a criminal offense to provide material support to the group. The Jordanian and Egyptian branches were listed by Treasury as specially designated global terrorists for providing support to Hamas. These designations reflect the opening actions of an ongoing, sustained effort to thwart Muslim Brotherhood chapters' violence and destabilisation ..

Global central bank chiefs rally behind Fed chair Powell after Trump threat

Powell has been threatened with a probe over congressional testimony he gave last summer about the renovation of the Fed's headquarters