Singapore has world’s most powerful passport
SINGAPORE -- Tiny Singapore now has the world’s most powerful passport, according to a new ranking, with its citizens able to travel to the...
For Trump, race for Fed chair a tangle of interests
WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump says he is “very, very close” to naming the next Federal Reserve chief, building suspense toward perhaps the...
Xi joins Mao in Communist China constitution
BEIJING -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping was elevated to the pantheon of the country’s greatest leaders Tuesday as his name was enshrined in the...
Border wall prototypes a first small step on Trump campaign promise
SAN DIEGO -- Nine months after President Donald J. Trump took office, the first tangible signs of progress on one of the central promises...
Abe to push constitution reform after big win
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a huge election win for lawmakers who favor revising Japan’s post-war, pacifist constitution, signaled a push...
Trump to golf with Abe, World No. 3 Matsuyama on Japan trip
TOKYO -- US President Donald J. Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he was delighted he’d be able to play a round...
May, Juncker aides in Twitter spat over leaks
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission said on Monday it was the victim of a smear intended to disrupt Brexit negotiations after a newspaper report...
Catalonia warns of civil disobedience vs Spain
MADRID -- Catalonia said on Monday it was confident all officials including police would defy attempts by Madrid to enforce direct rule on the...
Abe eyes big win as Japan votes under N. Korea threats
TOKYO -- Japanese voters braved torrential rain and driving winds for a snap election Sunday expected to hand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh...
Tillerson in fresh bid to resolve Gulf crisis
RIYADH -- US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson is to launch a fresh bid Sunday to ease a crisis between Riyadh and Doha,...
Trump says he’ll allow release of JFK files
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald J. Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F. Kennedy to...
Spain minister promises no arrests of Catalan leaders
LONDON -- Spain’s foreign minister has promised no arrests will be made when the Catalan government is dismissed as early as this week.
Speaking in...