Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the United States wants the Taliban to honor commitments
Zalmay Khalilzad, seen here during intra-Afghan talks in Doha in July 2019, negotiated for around a year with the Taliban
Donald Trump announced he had called off a secret summit with the Taliban and Afghanistan's leader, abruptly slamming the door on a year of diplomacy
Residual anger over General Motors' decision to idle its Lordstown, Ohio plant adds to the stress between automakers and the United Auto Workers as they hash out a new contract
US President Donald Trump revealed that he had been set to meet in secret with top Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
China's new cryptocurrency could be similar to Facebook's Libra, and will likely be under the surveillance of the Chinese government.
Russia and Ukraine made a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of tensions and conflict.Two planes carrying 35 prisoners from each side landed simultaneously in Moscow and Kiev, where the passengers emerged under sunny skies."We have taken the first step," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the tarmac after greeting and hugging former detainees. "We have to take all the steps to finish this horrible war."
The uranium enrichment process
Hurricane Dorian has left thousands of people missing or homeless in the Bahamas, as the international community responds to the humanitarian crisis.
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow warns the US-China trade war could drag on for years
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, pictured in July 2019, blaming him for failing to stimulate the economy fast enough
US unemployment, Feb 2017 - Aug 2019
A deal announced in July increases fuel economy standards on autos sold in California; these conflicted with a White House plan to freeze mileage standards
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, blaming him for failing to stimulate the economy fast enough
In a series of tweets, the president called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy illegal.
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz had alarmed many Americans with talk of running for president, amid worries he could end up helping President Donald Trump
In addition to the hard data, forward-looking surveys of firms show no sign of a recovery in German industry
Recession risk runs fairly high in the U.S. economy this year as well as in 2020, according to Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater, one of the largest hedge funds in the world.
Reliable insider sources in China confirm talks in October to end Trump's trade war might yield a "breakthrough."
After the collapse of the INF treaty, Putin says he offered to sell hypersonic, intermediate range missiles to Washington to head off an arms race. The offer was spurned by Trump.
US special envoy Jason Greenblatt is a key architect of the much-delayed US peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians
Trump has blamed the Fed for failing to cut interest rates fast enough