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
Five killed in Michigan shooting, suspect found dead, police say
Reuters, New York
15 August 2026 United States
Abraham Lincoln carrier / US sailors hit by strain of long deployment
AFP, Washington
15 August 2026 United States
11 arrested in US over alleged sham marriage scheme
AFP, Washington
14 August 2026 United States
Trump's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to step down
AFP, Washington
13 August 2026 United States
After Trump's Turkey ruse, a look at past secret presidential trips
Reuters, Washington
13 August 2026 United States

Bashing Trump, Biden vows 'I will not bow down' to Russia

US President Joe Biden vowed Thursday he will not "bow down" to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, fiercely criticizing rival Donald Trump in his State of the Union address
8 March 2024

Chinese national arrested in US for stealing Google AI technology

A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said
7 March 2024

Biden to give make-or-break speech as Trump rematch looms

US President Joe Biden prepared Wednesday for perhaps the most crucial speech of his political career as the unpopular 81-year-old tries to convince doubters he is fit for a bruising rematch with Donald Trump in November
7 March 2024

Biden, Trump face speed bumps on path to White House

Joe Biden and Donald Trump cruised to comfortable victories on Super Tuesday, setting up an almost certain rerun of the 2020 election, but their primary successes cloak problems that could have a significant impact on the White House race
7 March 2024

Trump, Biden storm towards rematch as Haley drops out

Donald Trump marched yesterday towards a bitter rematch against President Joe Biden in November as his final Republican rival Nikki Haley threw in the towel after a thumping defeat in the “Super Tuesday” primaries.
6 March 2024

Trump backs Israel's war in Gaza

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump expressed his support for Israel's war in Gaza Tuesday, in his most explicit comments yet on the fighting, as international pressure grows on the United States to rein in its ally
6 March 2024

Navalny's widow invited to Biden speech but not able to attend

US President Joe Biden invited the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to attend his State of the Union speech on Thursday but she cannot attend, the White House said
6 March 2024

Biden says Trump 'determined to destroy our democracy'

Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump was "determined to destroy" US democracy, as both the Democratic president and his Republican rival scored big wins in the Super Tuesday primaries and head toward a rematch
6 March 2024

Trump wins first 11 Super Tuesday primaries: US networks

Donald Trump won the first 11 primary elections, including Texas, as results came in from the 15 "Super Tuesday" states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination
6 March 2024

Meta suffers global Facebook, Instagram outage

Meta suffered a highly unusual outage of all its social media platforms yesterday with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads locked out of their accounts. 
5 March 2024

Bezos dethrones Musk

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took back his spot as the world’s richest man on Monday, dethroning Elon Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bezos’ net worth stands at USD200 billion, according to the tracker, surpassing the Tesla chief’s USD198 billion.
5 March 2024

States can’t bar Trump’s candidacy

The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory yesterday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot.
4 March 2024

US vice president calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza

US Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war to be accepted, while criticizing Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza
4 March 2024

Trump wins party vote in 3 US states

Donald Trump on Saturday inched ahead in his quest to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, winning internal party elections in the states of Missouri, Michigan and Idaho, US media reported.
3 March 2024

FBI offers $20,000 for Bangladeshi man

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a reward of USD 20,000 for tracking down a Bangladeshi man accused of kidnapping, torture, sexual assault, and making ransom demands in New York
3 March 2024

Trump wins Michigan, Missouri, Idaho caucuses in dominant show of force

Donald Trump on Saturday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt his campaign in the key battleground state as he gears up for the general election in November
3 March 2024

US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop

The United States military carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza yesterday, US officials said, and aid agencies warned of a growing humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian enclave as Israel pressed on with its offensive.
2 March 2024

Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza

US President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave
2 March 2024

US Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump claim

The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Donald Trump’s claim that as a former president he is immune from prosecution, further delaying his trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
29 February 2024

Global freedom drops sharply in 2023: study

Democracy faced sharp, widespread setbacks worldwide in 2023 with violence and manipulation marring a series of elections, Freedom House said yesterday.
29 February 2024