An American destroyer on Saturday shot down more than a dozen drones in the Red Sea launched from Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the US military said, as the impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict spreads to global shipping lanes.

“Friends” star Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects” of the powerful sedative ketamine that, combined with other factors, caused the actor to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub, according to an autopsy released on Friday.

The US religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the US Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas.

The United States on Friday warned China not to interfere in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections, urging “responsible behaviour on all sides.”

Children in California are suing the US government over its failure to curb pollution, the latest in a series of legal actions by young people around the world worried about climate change.

US regulators have identified the use of artificial intelligence as a vulnerability in the financial system for the first time, according to a report released on Thursday

The United States on Monday imposed visa restrictions on some 300 Guatemalans, including around 100 lawmakers, whom Washington accuses of “undermining democracy” in the Central American country.

The United States yesterday unveiled sanctions on individuals and companies based in China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and others, aiming to disrupt Moscow’s military procurement networks amid its war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday planned a last-ditch plea to US lawmakers to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia, in visits to the White House and Capitol Hill.

Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would not testify in a New York courtroom this week, where he had been expected to appear for a second time to make the case that his company did not misrepresent the value of its properties to win favorable financing

The White House will step up its engagement with US lawmakers trying to strike a bipartisan deal that would provide military aid for Ukraine and Israel while tightening US border security, a Democratic senator said yesterday.

Tornadoes tore through the US state of Tennessee on Saturday, leaving at least six people dead, damaging homes and causing blackouts, authorities said.

The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said yesterday.

Dozens of alleged human rights abusers around the world face new sanctions Friday under a coordinated action by the United States, Britain and Canada to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Hunter Biden was indicted late Thursday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden's troubled son has been charged by a special counsel investigating his personal and business dealings

Republican senators blocked a White House request for $106 billion in emergency aid primarily for Ukraine and Israel Wednesday as conservatives balked at the exclusion of immigration reforms they had demanded as part of the package.

Three people were killed and another seriously injured by a gunman who was shot dead by police at a US university on Wednesday.

A Texas gunman has been arrested after a rampage across the US state left six people dead and three injured, including two police officers, authorities said Wednesday

Three people were killed and another seriously injured by a gunman who was shot dead by police at a US university on Wednesday

Time magazine named US pop superstar Taylor Swift as its person of the year yesterday, calling the musical force of nature the “hero of her own story.”