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NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose to an all-time peak in July, data from the Treasury Department showed on Thursday, hitting record highs for a third straight ...

China aims to become custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves in a bid to strengthen its standing in the global bullion market, according to people familiar with the matter. The People’s Bank of ...

Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio renounced her U.S. visa in protest after the U.S. State Department revoked President Gustavo Petro’s, the Colombian government announced on Monday. The ...

The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid, a victory for the president’s push to exert greater control over federal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday extended an earlier order that allows the Trump administration to continue blocking nearly $5 billion in congressionally appropriated foreign funds. The U.S.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. John Sawers’ wide-ranging diplomatic career took him to postings in Africa, the Middle East, and even New York. Yet his most high-profile ...

DAMASCUS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister arrived in Washington on Thursday, the first official visit at that level in more than 25 years as the U.S. makes a pro-Damascus policy push, ...

The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue to withhold over $4 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress. Earlier this month, a federal judge in ...

The court’s conservative majority allowed the president to cut the funding in part because it said his flexibility to engage in foreign affairs outweighed “the potential harm” faced by aid recipients.

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Sept. 26 said President Donald Trump, for now, doesn’t have to spend billions in foreign aid approved by Congress, allowing the president to exert greater control ...