• What to know about South Sudan, where U.S. apparently sent migrants on deportation flight

    What to know about South Sudan, where U.S. apparently sent migrants on deportation flight

    May 21, 2025 04:49 PM EDT

    ... as far away as Vietnam and Cuba to South Sudan, a chaotic country that's once again in danger of collapsing into civil war. WATCH: U.S. says it removed 8 people convicted of crimes after South Sudan deportation flight A U.S. judge ordered Trump administration officials to appear ...

  • WATCH: U.S. says it removed 8 people convicted of crimes after South Sudan deportation flight

    WATCH: U.S. says it removed 8 people convicted of crimes after South Sudan deportation flight

    May 21, 2025 02:00 PM EDT

    ... return. Secretary Kristi Noem recently extended those protections to November to allow for a more thorough review. South Sudan's diplomatic relations with the U.S grew tense in April when a deportation row led to the revocation of visas and a ban on South Sudanese nationals. The U.S ...

  • China hits back with 34 percent tariff on U.S. imports as world weighs how to deal with Trump's hikes

    China hits back with 34 percent tariff on U.S. imports as world weighs how to deal with Trump's hikes

    Apr 04, 2025 01:51 PM EDT

    ... Meloni said. Vietnam's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Pham Thu Hang, said Hanoi would keep talking with the U.S. to "find practical solutions" as 46% U.S. tariffs threatened to decimate exports of footwear, electronics, textiles and seafood. "If enforced, would negatively impact bilateral economic and trade relations as well ...

  • Blinken begins China visit as tensions rise over new U.S. bill forcing TikTok sale

    Blinken begins China visit as tensions rise over new U.S. bill forcing TikTok sale

    Apr 24, 2024 03:14 PM EDT

    ... S. has voiced objections to what it says are Chinese attempts to thwart legitimate maritime activities by others in the sea, notably the Philippines and Vietnam. That was a major topic of concern this month when Biden held a three-way summit with the prime minister of Japan and the ...

  • A historical timeline of U.S. relations with Iran

    A historical timeline of U.S. relations with Iran

    Sep 16, 2023 02:30 PM EDT

    ... trucks loaded with explosives drive into barracks housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon, then detonate. The attack kills 241 U.S. military personnel—the highest single-day death toll for the U.S. Armed Forces since the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. A ...

  • Philippine President Marcos says China laser not enough to activate U.S. defense pact

    Philippine President Marcos says China laser not enough to activate U.S. defense pact

    Feb 18, 2023 03:57 PM EDT

    ... predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, Marcos has taken steps to nurture friendly ties with Beijing. He met Xi in the Chinese capital early last month to boost relations and discuss the Asian neighbors’ long-seething territorial disputes in the strategic waterway that also involve Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.China claims the ...

  • China accuses U.S. of attempting to 'hijack' support in Asia

    China accuses U.S. of attempting to 'hijack' support in Asia

    Jun 12, 2022 01:57 PM EDT

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month said China represented the “most serious long-term challenge to the international order” for the United States, with its claims to Taiwan and efforts to dominate the strategic South China Sea. The U.S. and its allies have responded with so ...

  • U.S. rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea

    U.S. rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea

    Jul 13, 2020 07:06 PM EDT

    ... U.S. and China over numerous issues, including the coronavirus pandemic, human rights, Chinese policy in Hong Kong and Tibet and trade, that have sent relations plummeting in recent months. But the practical impact wasn't immediately clear. The U.S. is not a party of the UN Law of ...

  • Philippines intends to end major security pact with the U.S.

    Philippines intends to end major security pact with the U.S.

    Feb 11, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

    ... Philippines, Vietnam and three other governments have rival claims in the strategic waterway.Duterte first threatened to abrogate the VFA in late 2016 after a U.S. aid agency put on hold funds for anti-poverty projects in the Philippines. He has walked back on such threats but his government ...

  • North Korea decries breakdown of talks US says were 'good'

    North Korea decries breakdown of talks US says were 'good'

    Oct 05, 2019 08:47 PM EDT

    ... said negotiations broke down "entirely because the U.S. has not discarded its old stance and attitude." Saturday's talks were the first between the U.S. and North Korea since the February breakdown of the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Vietnam. North Korea ...