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State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during an Oval Office meeting at the White House on July 16. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP The State Department fired its top experts on the South China Sea and shuttered the office with a key focus on Indo-Pacific security amid a sweeping

Thailand and Cambodia exchange fire in clashes that kill at least 9 civilians

In this July, 2025, photo released by the Royal Thai Army, Thai soldiers inspect a border area in Ubon Ratchathani† province where the Royal Thai Army said two anti-personnel landmines were found. Royal Thai Army/AP hide caption toggle caption Royal Thai Army/AP BANGKOK — Thailand and Cambodia exchanged fire on their border Thursday in a

Lesotho Declares State of Disaster After U.S. Tariffs. Rescissions Impact U.N.

Enlarge this image An overview of textile factories on July 5, 2025 in Ha Thetsane Industrial Area in Maseru, Lesotho. The tiny mountain kingdom has around 35,000 garment workers and many of them face an uncertain future. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images An overview of textile factories on July 5

Israel’s representative to the U.N. faces questions about aid to Gaza

People make their way along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia on Tuesday, after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images Helen, a medical student at Al-Shifa Hospital, says the situation is so dire in Gaza

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change, is joined by climate activists at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday. The country pushed for years for the court to hear its first major climate change case. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Dejong/AP The top United Nations court has ruled that nations are obligated

Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers in Gaza since May, the U.N. says

Palestinians hold onto an aid truck returning to Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites

How China came to rule the world of rare earth elements

This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China's largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China. DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images Deep in an underground, World War II-era vault on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, investment

Agence France-Presse says it wants to pull its hunger-stricken journalists out of Gaza

AFP journalist Khader Zaanoun poses for a picture in Gaza City on Tuesday. AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip say chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas militants. AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP/Getty Images French news agency Agence France-Presse is calling on the Israeli government to allow