US Secretary of State Marco Rubio strongly defended the Trump administration’s sweeping global tariff reset, calling it a “long overdue” correction to decades of imbalanced trade that he says has ...

He disputed reports of US pressure on Japan to significantly increase its defence spending. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The U.S. State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic ...