Rubio calls on Cubans to partner with CIA ‘to create positive change’
Washington has raised pressure on Havana after the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Washington has raised pressure on Havana after the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump told a Florida rally that US ships returning from Iran could stop 50 yards off Cuba; Havana rejected the threat ahead of the UN embargo vote. The post Trump Floats Ships Off Cuba, Havana Rejects appeared first on The Rio Times.
Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society and a former Australian prime minister, described US-China strategic competition as full-on and multidimensional at a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics event on Friday. “There is a full-blown strategic competition under way in every dimension of national political power and influence, militarily, economically, trade and investment and technology, in foreign policy, in ideology,” said Rudd, a noted China scholar. “It’s across the world,...
A further escalation would 'create nothing but losers', the French foreign minister warns after joint Istanbul meeting .
Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are planned to resume in November in the United Arab Emirates, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Chile's government may decline to sign the US-led Americas Counter Cartel Coalition at a 27 October meeting, local media report; no decision is announced. The post Chile May Reject US Cartel Pact on 27 Oct appeared first on The Rio Times.
US visa sanctions Bolivia judicial list why it matters: 15 Bolivians named on 22 October, two Santa Cruz judges, one resigned. The post US Visa Sanctions on Bolivia Judges Explained appeared first on The Rio Times.
Aarti Angara, APAC Head of Global Product Solutions at BlackRock, discusses the asset manager's recent ETF investor survey findings and ETF product offerings. She speaks on "Bloomberg: ETF IQ Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)
A plain guide to Rwanda politics in October 2026: who rules, how parliament and the army fit in, and what US readers should know. The post Rwanda Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China) has urged Beijing and Washington to push more negotiations down to working-level officials, saying businesses need greater long-term stability in bilateral ties than leader-level diplomacy alone can provide. Michael Hart, president of the chamber, said American businesses were encouraged by the unprecedented frequency of meetings between the presidents of China and the US, but warned that working-level officials had less...
Tom Barrack says Washington's relationship with the Middle East needs to change from one of control to one of support.
Washington cites Canadian tariffs, political meetings and anti-Trump ads as evidence of attempted election interference.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled Moscow is willing in principle to resume talks with Ukraine and the US.
Opposition leaders also question Hardeep Singh Puri’s account of meetings with Epstein as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Mumbai
Beijing’s director of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), Song Tao, has held a rare meeting with a delegation of US scholars that pledged to push for the peaceful development of cross-strait ties. During the meeting in Beijing on Tuesday with a delegation from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) led by its president and CEO, Susan M. Elliott, Song spoke of a broader diplomatic context following high-level summit meetings between Chinese and US leadership. “President Xi Jinping...
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington’s latest push to stop Europe’s bloodiest conflict since second world war. The talks in St Petersburg, the ninth time that Witkoff has met Putin in person, began with a goodwill gesture from Russia – the release of a retired US teacher held in Russia. The encounter comes amid concerns in Kyiv and among its allies that the...
As turbulence grows in many countries, it is tempting to ask if there is a global hegemon that can sort everything out fairly. US President Donald Trump has threatened that his country would not defend Nato allies if they failed to spend enough on their defence. Together with new trade barriers, his words suggest that the US is scaling back its ambitions for global leadership and concentrating more on its own region. Our latest projections of national strength for 2027 take into account...
The revocations targeted US visa holders who had allegedly broken the law, a spokesperson said.
Nicaragua geopolitics in October 2026: how the US, China, Russia and Europe pull on the Ortega-Murillo government, with trade, loans, sanctions and gold. The post Nicaragua Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Zambia geopolitics in October 2026: how the US, China, the UAE and Europe compete for Hichilema's copper, rail links and ports after his re-election. The post Zambia Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Iranian authorities defiant despite financial strain, saying they want to lift US blockade and pressure on their terms.
The US secretary of state rejects accusations Ukrainians were dying because the US was withholding intelligence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is travelling to Norway for new peace talks as US pressure mounts for concessions from Kyiv to reach a deal with Russia. US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Oslo to take part in the talks on Tuesday with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, according to a government statement in Norway. Another US envoy, Jared Kushner, will take part online in the talks, the statement said. The meeting is being held amid...
Stephen Roach argues Xi Jinping’s willingness to engage in a series of meetings with Donald Trump may reflect concern about China’s economy and a desire to buy time. Roach suggests Xi may not share the personal camaraderie Trump portrays and says Chinese officials are likely realistic about how much progress is possible with an unpredictable counterpart. (Source: Bloomberg)
The European Union unveils its new "strategy for the Arctic" on Tuesday, aiming to step up its presence in the far north as melting ice opens new maritime routes, and tensions with Russia and the United States increasingly put the region in the geopolitical spotlight.
Washington and Beijing should put aside their mutual distrust to address the risks posed by artificial intelligence, much as the United States and Soviet Union cooperated on nuclear arms control during the Cold War, a former US Treasury secretary has urged. Robert Rubin, who served as US Treasury secretary under former president Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999, cited the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between Washington and Moscow decades ago as an example of two superpowers working...
The US is making another push to broaden its influence in resource-rich Central Asia and the Caucasus, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio visiting Uzbekistan, as American businesses are expected to sign deals with regional companies.