Sara Ruthven

Janti Soeripto tells The National that despite foreign aid cuts, child-focused charities determined to 'never waste a crisis'

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said action is 'not the beginning of a war - it is a declaration of vengeance'

Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 aimed at members of Bashar Al Assad's regime

President Donald Trump, who vowed to end forever wars, seems to be using same playbook for Venezuela that bogged US down for 20 years in Iraq

Drug blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the US

Trump administration, which sent $230m to Beirut in October, is impatient about progress of bringing weapons under state control

Government says aim is to 'safeguard US citizens'

Washington designates Venezuela-linked Cartel de los Soles as foreign terrorist organisation

Europe prepares to seize frozen Russian funds in push for Ukraine peace deal

US President tells news outlet 'it will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio denies calling 28-point US-backed peace plan a Russian 'wish list'

Governor says the two, also classed as transnational criminal groups, aim to 'forcibly impose Sharia'

US forces have carried out strikes on about 20 vessels in international waters, killing nearly 80 people

US President calls Israeli leader a 'formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister'

Washington announces 180-day suspension of sanctions on Damascus as Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara visits White House