President Barack Obama says destroying Islamic State is his “top priority,” a day after the extremist group claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack that killed 31 people in Belgium. Speaking in Argentina, Obama also vowed to do “whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally Belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible” […]
On his second day in Cuba, throngs of Cubans lined the rainy streets of Havana as President Obama’s motorcade traveled past, shouting his name, throwing kisses, cheering and chanting “USA! USA!” This the first time in 90 years that a sitting American president has visited the island country. Obama met with Raul Castro on Monday to have discussions […]
A Donald Trump presidency is the sixth biggest threat facing the world, tied with the prospect of terrorism destabilizing the global economy, according to an assessment by British research group EIU. Its latest ranking of global risks has a sharp economic slowdown in China at the top. That is followed by Russia’s actions in Syria […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes fluctuated on Thursday as equities tracked oil prices. Oil pared earlier gains but remained steady after jumping 7 percent on Wednesday as the dollar weakened after weak U.S. data and comments from a Fed policymaker signaled that further rate hikes could be delayed. The dollar index <.DXY> which measures the […]