Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to risk escalating tit-for-tat sanctions with Washington because the only measures that would hurt the United States would also endanger Russia's fragile economic recovery. After U.S. lawmakers backed a new round of economic sanctions on Moscow, Russia last week ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012, but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist Constitution is likely to elude his grasp. Failure to achieve that goal by the ...
For all its bluster and over-the-top propaganda, North Korea often does just what it says it will do when it comes to its weapons development. So it goes with its lightning-quick push to perfect an intercontinental ballistic missile. The clear message after Friday's late-night test, ...
As fellow Republicans labored to repeal "Obamacare" this past week, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly swerved off topic, escalating concerns in his party about his ability to govern the country six months after taking office. While senators grappled with health care, Trump banned transgender people ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin tossed President-elect Donald Trump a bouquet in December when he chose not to retaliate for the U.S. expulsion of Russian diplomats and the seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds. The honeymoon is over. A tit-for-tat decision by Russia on Friday to expel hundreds ...
The ousting of Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left a power vacuum at the top of the nuclear-armed country, yet experts say that in the long-run it is unlikely to be destabilizing. Sharif's disqualification Friday by the Supreme Court over corruption allegations denies him ...
For two months, Robert Mueller — the lanky, 72-year-old independent prosecutor investigating the Russia scandal — has worked in virtual silence in a nondescript government office building in downtown Washington. But even without saying a word, the former FBI director and no-nonsense prosecutor has deeply ...
Three months after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a lavish welcome for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at his Florida resort, the powers have made headway on an ambitious economic plan even as diplomatic rifts between them have widened. Speaking in Paris on Thursday, the ...
Hailed by government officials as sending a message to the world on free trade, domestic producers could see negative impact
After North Korea's shock demonstration that it can strike parts of the American mainland with a long-range missile, U.S. officials say their focus remains on finding a diplomatic solution to avert a catastrophic conflict. But with Washington reluctant to be seen rewarding Pyongyang, whose leader ...
As plans to sell Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip unit falter, some bankers and potential investors press the board to seriously consider alternatives, including picking a new buyer.
Ahead of his first Group of 20 summit, U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter to weigh in on his concerns. From bad trade deals ("the worst") to North Korea's nuclear ambitions ("this nonsense") to steel dumping ("don't like"), Trump highlighted what he had hit ...
