BLACK MOUNTAIN – Music rang through St. James Episcopal Church in Black Mountain Feb. 8 as Swannanoa Valley residents gathered for the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Gathering. The ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make "immediate changes" to what he calls the "influence and control" of China over the Panama Canal. America's top diplomat said Panama ...

It could be a scene from a horror film, but it’s not. It’s Kalkajaka (Black Mountain), a foreboding sight that rises from thick green jungle on the Trevathan Range about 25km south of Cooktown in Far ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

Boaters shouldn't be planning to navigate through the Black River Canal anytime soon — even when it is warm and sunny. Port Huron City Manager James Freed said work has halted after cost estimates to ...

Mulino said he had told U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them and that he was surprised by the U.S ...

President Trump appeared to double down on his threats to seize the Panama Canal, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama with an ultimatum from the White House. Photo: Ben Curtis/Asso ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) with Panama Canal Authority administrator Ricaurte Vasquez during a tour at the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on Feb. 2. Photo: Mark ...

PANAMA CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority said in a statement late on Wednesday that it had not made any changes to charges or rights to cross the canal, after the U.S. State ...

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...

the Panama Canal. The Donald Trump administration is determined to eliminate alleged Chinese influence over the passage, which stems from Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison's interests in the ...

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country ...