Mass shooting kills two in Seattle: US media
AFP, Seattle, United States
27 July 2026, 11:12 AM USA
ICC prosecutor removed over ‘misconduct’
AFP, United Nations
26 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
US measles outbreak the worst in 35 years: official data
AFP, Washington
25 July 2026, 09:06 AM USA
US sends aid to Cuba as part of $100m commitment
AFP, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
US plans to announce nuke deal with KSA
AFP, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
RED SEA FLASHPOINT / Houthi threat tests stretched US military
Reuters, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
US readies new tariffs as Trump’s 10% levy to expire
AFP, Washington
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
New Air Force One to be ‘maxed out’
AFP, Joint Base Andrews
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Rubio, Lebanese president hold talks in Washington
AFP, Washington
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA

US slams China for abuses on Uighurs

The United States on Friday denounced China's treatment of its Uighur Muslims in unusually strong terms, adding to a growing list of disputes in increasingly turbulent relations between the two powers.
22 September 2018, 18:00 PM

New bombshell revives debate on Trump fitness for office

Donald Trump faces a new challenge to his authority after US media reported that his deputy attorney general had discussed ways to force him from office on grounds of incompetence, just months into his presidency.
22 September 2018, 04:36 AM

Kim seeks 2nd Trump meet

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in visited the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation yesterday for a show of unity after their North-South summit gave new momentum to Pyongyang's negotiations with Washington.
20 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Terror attacks down but global threat more 'complex'

The near-defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has forced a dispersal of the group that has made the global threat of terror attacks much more complex, the US State Department said in a report Wednesday.
20 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Facebook building a 'war room'

Facebook on Wednesday said it will have a "war room" up and running on its Silicon Valley campus to quickly repel efforts to use the social network to meddle in upcoming elections.
20 September 2018, 18:00 PM

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, 05:07 AM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 13:19 PM

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, 04:55 AM

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, 04:41 AM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 13:55 PM

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, 06:59 AM

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, 05:07 AM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 05:09 AM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 18:00 PM