Markets worldwide fluctuated on Tuesday as investors braced for US President Donald Trump's sweeping "Liberation Day" tariff announcements, hoping they would free businesses from the trade-policy uncertainty that has weighed on markets for weeks.
Israel announced the elimination of all tariffs on imports from the United States, Israel's Prime Minister's Office and the finance and economy ministries said in a joint statement.
New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday night, setting a historic mark to show Democrats' resistance to President Donald Trump's sweeping actions.
Bangladesh leader Mohd Yunus' comments about the northeastern states - which he called "an extension of the Chinese economy" and which he seemed to urge Beijing to take over - have triggered fierce reactions, including one to "break up Bangladesh".
Trump has labelled April 2 "Liberation Day", insisting that the levies will free the United States from its reliance on foreign goods.
The Chinese military announced new exercises Wednesday in sensitive waters near Taiwan, a day after Beijing launched drills to surround the self-ruled island it claims as its own.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his rival in a May election, Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton, said they would stand up for the country's national interests in the face of looming US tariffs that could hit Australian beef.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is expected to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, with both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress issuing whips to their MPs to ensure their presence in the House.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as Iran's nuclear program, the Russian foreign ministry said late on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump will consider on Wednesday a final proposal related to TikTok, CBS News reported on Tuesday, citing sources, ahead of an April 5 deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a U.S. ban.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday about Canada's plan to "fight unjustified trade actions" by the United States, the prime minister's office said.
As China-India ties completed 75 years on Tuesday, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri spoke about the "lessons" for both nations to keep in mind as they work on new and promising beginnings at the end of seven-and-a-half decades.
A French appeals court said Tuesday it would examine Marine Le Pen's case within a timeframe that could potentially allow the far-right leader to contest the 2027 presidential election if her conviction is overturned.
Elon Musk's cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development, ordering the firings of thousands of local workers and American diplomats and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, reports say.
Donald Trump's hardline immigrant policy faced fresh scrutiny Tuesday after officials admitted an "administrative error" in the hurried deportation process had sent a man to a notorious El Salvador prison.
US President Donald Trump's raft of "Liberation Day" tariffs will take effect immediately after he unveils them on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The last of the four American soldiers missing in Lithuania since last week was on Tuesday also found dead, the US Army said, without providing additional details.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen insisted Tuesday that her movement could still win 2027 presidential elections after she was banned from standing for office as part of an embezzlement conviction.
US Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Brian Thompson in New York last year.
The European Commission on Tuesday fined 15 major carmakers and an industry group a total of about 458 million euros ($495 million) for taking part in a cartel over vehicle recycling.
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Democrat holds US Senate floor for more than 25 hours, breaking Strom Thurmond's record for the longest speech.
Donald Trump's US tariffs will take effect immediately after he unveils them on Wednesday, according to the White House.
Sociedad take Real to extra time in Madrid but the hosts capitalise on advantage from first leg to reach cup final.
Parents in Gaza are struggling to feed their children as bakeries across the strip close down.
Nationwide blackout strikes Syria due to malfunctions, authorities say, amid deepening economic crisis.
US Senator Cory Booker is protesting on the Senate floor for “as long as he is physically able."
The ultra-Zionist group Betar is taking credit for identifying pro-Palestine students for deportation in the US.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi says decision is based on Trump's agenda to stop crime and 'Make America Safe Again'.
German police officer among those held in raids against the 'Ndrangheta over sales of expensive food and equipment.
Bad weather also impacts islands in the Cyclades chain in the central Aegean Sea popular with tourists.
The allies discussed developments of the ongoing war in Ukraine as well as relations between the two countries.
US officials downplay a journalist being included in Yemen attack chats, but it sheds light on workings of White House.
A poet and a composer are inspired by Libyan history to create a modern peace anthem for their divided country.
Sixteen Palestinian paramedics and first responders were executed in Rafah. Indifference is all they get.
Police say suspects in custody among 200 people who gathered at Harare’s Freedom Square and threw stones at officers.
President Trump prepares to unveil 'very kind' tariffs as critics warn of a global trade war and a slowdown in growth.
Lava penetrates protective barriers near Grindavik, a fishing town on a southwestern peninsula also evacuated last year.
PM Orpo announces preemptive measures as President Stubb engages in balancing act between Moscow and Washington.
The Israeli military bombed a residential building in the suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
Kyiv working to maintain US support as Trump warned against Russian stalling on ceasefire deal.
New video shows trapped survivors of the Myanmar earthquake calling for help from under rubble of a destroyed building.
Harvard President Garber has said lifesaving research is at stake amid Trump's review of $9bn federal funding.
Many view the earthquake as a sign that Myanmar's military regime and its chief Min Aung Hlaing are nearing an end.
Israeli troops fired on several rescue vehicles, then buried the killed first responders and their vehicles.