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Houthis close in on Bab el-Mandeb Strait
11 September 2026
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Trump promises each American $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress in midterms
10 September 2026
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Retaliation for missile attacks
6 September 2026
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US midterms begin with chaos over mail-voting crackdown
5 September 2026
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Trump's White House releases deportation video games
4 September 2026
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US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
4 September 2026
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US Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House
1 September 2026
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Trump's shock rise to presidency
Less than 17 months -- that's how long it took Donald J Trump to reach the White House, besting rivals who had been chasing that dream for years. But his political ambitions go back nearly three decades.
20 January 2017
Key quotes
US President Barack Obama faced the media for the last time on Wednesday, two days before Donald Trump takes office. Here are the key quotes from what he said:
19 January 2017
Hope, despair of Obama yrs
If Barack Obama was elected on a wave of optimism, eight years later, hopes of a post-racial America have soured amid recognition that it takes more than a black president to overcome centuries of racism.
19 January 2017
Trump 'needs to learn how to cry' from Obama: experts
Donald Trump has one big lesson to learn from outgoing US President Barack Obama -- he needs to learn to be cool about crying.
19 January 2017
Orlando shooter's wife pleads not guilty
The widow of the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges she
19 January 2017
Bush senior in ICU, wife also hospitalised
Former president George H W Bush was admitted to an intensive care unit Wednesday suffering from pneumonia, highlighting concerns
19 January 2017
Senate clears Mattis to be Pentagon boss
James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, breezed through a Senate committee vote Wednesday, paving the way for his full confirmation and quick swearing-in after Trump takes office.
19 January 2017
2016 breaks record for hottest yr ever
Last year, the Earth sweltered under the hottest temperatures in modern times for the third year in a row, US scientists said yesterday,
18 January 2017
Snowden 'has right to become Russian citizen'
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has legal right to become a Russian citizen after he was given leave to remain in Russia for another couple of years.
18 January 2017
Russia is threat to liberal order: Biden
US Vice President Joe Biden, in his last major speech before leaving office, yesterday described Russia as the biggest threat to the
18 January 2017
Woman sues Trump for defamation
President-elect Donald Trump was hit with a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday by a former contestant on his reality television show "The
18 January 2017
Last man to walk on moon dies at 82
US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday at age 82, Nasa and his family said.
17 January 2017
Yemen war death toll hits 10,000
The United Nations' humanitarian aid official in Yemen has said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year
17 January 2017
Obama warns Trump not to jettison Iran nuke deal
US President Barack Obama on Monday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran by emphasising its
17 January 2017
Trump lashes out at US civil rights icon
President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is
15 January 2017
Trump's shocking rise to the presidency
Less than 17 months -- that's how long it takes Donald J Trump to reach the White House, besting rivals who had been chasing that dream for years.
15 January 2017
IS attacks kill dozens in Syria
Islamic State militants launched their biggest attack in months on government-held areas of the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor yesterday,
14 January 2017
Trump shrugs off talk of splits with cabinet picks
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday downplayed talk of ideological splits within his incoming cabinet on Russia, torture and
14 January 2017
Congress okays first step for repealing bill
The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward
14 January 2017
US woman dies of infection resistant to all 26 antibiotics
A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new
14 January 2017