Retaliation for missile attacks
AFP, Washington
6 September 2026 United States
US midterms begin with chaos over mail-voting crackdown
AFP, Washington
5 September 2026 United States
Trump's White House releases deportation video games
AFP, Washington
4 September 2026 United States
US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
AFP, Washington
4 September 2026 United States
US Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House
AFP, Washington
1 September 2026 United States
Two dead after stabbing in New York's Times Square
AFP, New York
1 September 2026 United States
Trump threatens to bomb Oman
Agencies
18 August 2026 United States
Trump dismisses concerns over US aircraft carrier
AFP, Washington
16 August 2026 United States
Five killed in Michigan shooting
Reuters, New York
16 August 2026 United States

Trump pushes Supreme Court pick's sex accuser to testify

President Donald Trump piles pressure on the woman accusing his Supreme Court pick of sexual assault by insisting that she testify next week if she wants to be heard.
20 September 2018

Trump mulling US base in Poland

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is seriously considering a request from Poland for US troops to be permanently based in the strategically important country on Europe's flank with an "aggressive" Russia. At a press conference, Trump said Poland is offering to pay US $2 billion to help meet the costs of the base.
19 September 2018

Aibo, the AI-powered pooch you'll forget is a robot, goes stateside

Sony's intelligent robot dog bonds with and recognises owners just like a real one-you may not even notice the difference between this him and the neighborhood happy hound -- and he has just arrived in the US.
19 September 2018

Kavanaugh accuser wants FBI investigation before she will testify

A woman who has accused President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault decades ago wants her allegations to be investigated by the FBI before she appears at a US Senate hearing, her lawyers say.
19 September 2018

Canadian crabs with bad attitude threaten coastal ecosystem

Canadians are known as friendly folks, but these crabby brutes migrating from Canadian waters are better suited for the hockey rink.
19 September 2018

US to take in 30,000 refugee in 2019

The Trump administration slashed its annual cap on refugee acceptances Monday for the second year in a row, saying it would take a
18 September 2018

Philippines storm toll climbs to 74

The death toll in Typhoon Mangkhut hit 74 yesterday, Philippine authorities said, as rescuers used their bare hands to sift through a massive landslide in which dozens were feared killed in the worst-hit region.
18 September 2018

Stormy Daniels' tell-all book on Trump: Salacious detail and claims of cheating

In a tell-all memoir, the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels details salacious descriptions of her time with Donald Trump, wonders if he is fit to be president and claims he offered to cheat for her in his reality TV show, reports The Guardian.
18 September 2018

Bangladeshi scientist leads discovery of novel quantum state of matter

A Bangladeshi physicist of Princeton University has led an international research team in discovering a novel quantum state of matter that can be 'tuned' at will - and it's 10 times more tunable than existing theories can explain.
18 September 2018

Children buy back car dad sold to pay mom’s cancer treatment 17yrs ago

Two siblings decided to give their father the surprise of his lifetime when they bought back the beloved Ford Mustang he sold over 17 years ago to pay for his wife’s mounting cancer bills.
18 September 2018

Killer storm stalks US

Catastrophic floods raised the threat of landslides and dam failures across the southeastern United States yesterday, prolonging the agony caused by a killer hurricane that has left more than a dozen people dead and caused billions of dollars in damage.
17 September 2018

Accuser of US high-court nominee Kavanaugh goes public

A woman who had anonymously accused President Donald Trump's US Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual misconduct in the early 1980s goes public.
17 September 2018

Storm far from over

A killer storm that left up to 13 people dead weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, but US authorities warned the devastation it caused -- including catastrophic flooding -- is far from over.
16 September 2018

Trump lashes John Kerry for Iran meetings

President Donald Trump lashed out at former secretary of state John Kerry for his meetings with Iran's foreign minister after the Obama-
15 September 2018

Manafort to cooperate in probe

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate in the Russia collusion investigation in
15 September 2018

Optimism trumps despair, division

Mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-edged message Friday at the close of a climate
15 September 2018

New tech creates Hurricane Florence simulation

The Weather Channel is using a new form of reporting with the help of "immersive mixed-reality technology" to keep its viewers updated on tropical storm Florence.
15 September 2018

US wants to toughen UN response to peacekeeper misconduct

The United States has presented a draft Security Council resolution aimed at toughening the UN response to failures by peacekeepers in their mission to protect civilians, US Ambassador Nikki Haley says.
15 September 2018

Aiming for zero

Zero fossil fuel energy, zero gas-guzzlers on the road, zero waste, zero CO2 emissions -- dozens of cities, regions and companies made "zero" pledges Thursday at a global climate summit in San Francisco.
14 September 2018

Manafort to plead guilty to conspiracy charges

US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was set to plead guilty to two criminal counts as part of a deal with prosecutors yesterday, court documents showed in what could be a blow to Trump in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling.
14 September 2018