MEXICO CITY (AP) — Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades and was expected to skirt Mexico’s southwestern coast as a major hurricane, while another Pacific system, Odalys, strengthened Wednesday from a tropical storm to a hurricane without threatening land. LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Polo The…

In Brazil’s upcoming presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is facing right-wing challenger and ally of Donald Trump, Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Washington has backed closer ties with Brazil’s right wing, while Lula da Silva has accused Bolsonaro’s camp of encouraging foreign interference. The election has raised questions about…

Iran on Tuesday urged the United States to meet its demands in a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump spoke of “positive momentum” to end their eight-month war. “The conflict with Iran will not be resolved through military means, nor by intensifying sanctions,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iran’s IRNA…

Japan and Korea have made it through the first half of President Donald Trump’s four-year term with serious but not crippling damage to what they thought were supportive relationships. But the second half could be just as tricky if the president, on the defensive at home, launches new foreign-policy initiatives where he has a relatively…

Bangladesh stands at a consequential geopolitical crossroads, where domestic political transformations are increasingly intertwined with regional rivalries, ideological contestation and the strategic calculations of powerful neighbours. What unfolds within its borders can no longer be understood exclusively through the narrow prism of domestic politics. The country’s evolving relationship with India and Pakistan, the political influence…