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

US Whistleblower Manning faces speaking tour ban

US whistleblower Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking classified information, is facing a ban from Australia with organisers of a speaking tour saying yesterday her visa application was likely to be refused.
30 August 2018

White House lawyer to leave as Russia probe heats up

Donald Trump said Wednesday that White House counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his post, signalling more upheaval in the US president's legal team as the probe into Russia's election interference closes in on his inner circle.
30 August 2018

Television reporter killed in Mexico

A Mexican television reporter was shot dead Wednesday in the resort city of Cancun, becoming the eighth journalist to be killed this year
30 August 2018

Trump unblocks more Twitter users after US court ruling

US President Donald Trump unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge in May said preventing people from following him violated individuals constitutional rights.
29 August 2018

Final farewells to McCain begin at Arizona

Family, friends and constituents will gather at Arizona’s Capitol to pay their respects to Sen John McCain, the first of two days of services here before he departs the state he has represented since the 1980s.
29 August 2018

Trump bows to pressure over McCain

Donald Trump bowed to pressure Monday to honor the late John McCain, ordering that flags be lowered to half-staff across the country, as the late senator fired a parting shot at the president in a farewell message to the United States.
28 August 2018

Trump takes on Google in complaints about social media

President Donald Trump lashes out at tech companies, accusing Google and others of “suppressing” conservative voices and “hiding information” and good news. He cited no evidence for the claim, which echoes both his own attacks on the press and a conservative talking point.
28 August 2018

Trump's awkward phone call with Mexico president

US President Donald Trump awkwardly waits over phone trying to connect with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto, reports CNBC.
28 August 2018

Trump nixed statement praising McCain

Donald Trump rejected a statement prepared by his aides that praised John McCain, according to the Washington Post, underscoring the US president's enduring scorn for the late senator and war hero.
27 August 2018

Halt 'strangulation' by US

Iran yesterday demanded the UN's top court suspend US nuclear-linked sanctions against Tehran, accusing Washington of plotting its "economic strangulation".
27 August 2018

Gunman kills 2 at US video game tournament

A video gamer killed two people and wounded several others on Sunday when he opened fire with a handgun at a tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida of US, police say.
26 August 2018

US political maverick McCain dies

John McCain, a war hero and towering figure in US politics known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided nation, died on Saturday following a battle with brain cancer. He was 81.
26 August 2018

US hatching plot of war

North Korea's state-controlled newspaper yesterday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly cancelled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
26 August 2018

How to prevent Google from recording your movements

Accused of continuing to track users' movements even when they have turned off their location history, Google is being sued in the United States for unauthorized location data collection.
26 August 2018

Trump chat for new Australia PM on first day

Australia's new prime minister began his first full day Saturday with a phone call to Donald Trump as he set about restoring faith in his "battered and bruised" government after a tumultuous week.
25 August 2018

Trump braces for more troubles

Federal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organization's chief financial officer in an investigation involving US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to people familiar with the matter.
25 August 2018

US cuts $200m in aid to Palestinians

The United States said Friday that it had canceled more than $200 million in aid for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,
25 August 2018

Not 'sufficient progress'

China yesterday called Donald Trump "irresponsible" after the US president cancelled his top diplomat's trip to North Korea and
25 August 2018

US official says EU aid for Iran sends 'wrong message'

The top US envoy on Iran criticizes a European Union decision to give $20.7 million in aid to Tehran on Friday, saying it sent "the wrong message at the wrong time," and he urges Brussels to help Washington end the Iranian threat to global stability.
25 August 2018

Trump: social media 'silencing millions'

US President Donald Trump criticised social media companies yesterday, saying without evidence that they have silenced "millions of people" in an act of censorship.
24 August 2018