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The plane, belived to be carrying  Michael Taylor and his son Peter who allegedly  helped fly former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019, arrives from the US. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP via Getty

An American father and son accused of helping former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday to potentially face days of q(...)

White House press secretary Jen Psaki  said the president recognised ‘that there are areas we need to continue to work together on because they are in the interest of the United States’. Photograph: Oliver Contreras/Pool/EPA

The Biden administration has defended its decision not to sanction Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman for his role in the murder of journalist Jam(...)

A demonstrator holds up a placard calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar. Photograph: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA

Protests spread across Myanmar on Wednesday after the most violent day in demonstrations against a coup that brought to a halt a tentative transition (...)

Myanmar police  fire water cannon at protesters as they continue to demonstrate against the February 1st military coup in the capital Naypyidaw on Tuesday. Photograph:  STR/AFP via Getty Images

Police and protesters clashed in Myanmar on Tuesday, with injuries on both sides on the most violent day so far of demonstrations against the military(...)

The US government is understood to have agreed to buy the former Jurys Hotel from Joe O’Reilly’s Chartered Land. Photograph: David Sleator

The US embassy has applied to Dublin City Council to rezone the old Jurys Hotel in Ballsbridge for a new embassy building. The US government is under(...)

President Joe Biden speaks at the US State department in Washington on Thursday. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg

US president Joe Biden pledged to “earn back” the country’s leadership position in the world as he delivered his first major foreign policy speech as (...)

  Soldiers stand guard at the checkpoint of a military compound in Yangon on February 1st , as Myanmar’s military detained the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country’s president in a coup. Photograph: STR/AFP via Getty Images

The United States formally declared the military takeover in Myanmar as a coup d’etat on Tuesday, paving the way for a review of foreign assistance to(...)

Anthony Blinken during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state at the Capitol, January 19th. Photograph: EPA/Graeme Jennings/Pool

As Joe Biden begins to implement his policy agenda as the 46th president of the United States, the final make-up of his cabinet is beginning to take s(...)

John Kerry, US special presidential envoy on climate. “The stakes on climate change just simply couldn’t be any higher than they are right now.” Photograph: EPA/Stefani Reynolds/Pool

US special presidential envoy on climate John Kerry warned that the Paris climate accord is “not enough” to tackle climate change, as he made his firs(...)

President Joe Biden signs documents  in the President’s Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday. Photograph:  Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP

As Joe Biden enters the White House as president, a new era has begun in the United States. After four years of turmoil, controversy and national divi(...)

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