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

Trump to testify under oath in fraud lawsuit

Donald Trump was due back in New York yesterday to answer questions in a civil case that accuses the ex-president and three of his children of business fraud.
13 April 2023

NY appoints first-ever rat ‘czar’

New York appointed its first rat “czar” on Wednesday, tasked with cracking down on one of the more unappealing aspects of life in the Big Apple.
13 April 2023

US spying on UN chief over Russia: report

Leaked Pentagon files indicate the United States was monitoring UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres because it believed he was too soft on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
13 April 2023

New Israeli spyware targets journalists, politicians: watchdog

New Israeli-made spyware resembling the notorious Pegasus program has been used to target journalists and opposition politicians in several countries, a Canadian watchdog said Tuesday.
12 April 2023

5 killed, 9 hurt in Kentucky bank shooting

A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media, police said
11 April 2023

Blinken to visit Vietnam, Japan as Asia tensions flare

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam later this week in the latest bid to build relations with a growing US partner as tensions flare with China over Taiwan, the State Department said yesterday.
10 April 2023

5 killed, 6 hurt in Kentucky bank shooting

Five people were killed and at least six others hospitalised following a shooting targeting a bank yesterday in downtown Louisville, in the US state of Kentucky, according to police who said the assailant had been neutralised.
10 April 2023

At least 5 killed in US bank shooting

Five people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting attack on Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the city's police department said.
10 April 2023

US searches for source of highly classified intel leak

Highly classified military and intelligence documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine's air defences to Israel's Mossad spy agency, have United States officials scrambling to identify the leak's source, with some Western security experts and US officials saying they suspected it could be someone from the US
10 April 2023

China simulates Taiwan strikes

China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island yesterday, with the island’s defence ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China’s missile forces.
9 April 2023

Runaway black hole creating trail of new stars

A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists said.
8 April 2023

US Navy sends guided-missile sub to Middle East

The US Navy yesterday said a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine was operating in the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet.
8 April 2023

Nasa sends new pollution-tracker into orbit

A Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted off from Florida into space yesterday, carrying a new Nasa device that can track air pollution over North America down to the neighbourhood level.
7 April 2023

White House blames bad intel, Trump

The White House on Thursday released a long-awaited review of the US exit from Afghanistan, laying blame on Donald Trump and a huge intelligence failure, but defending overall US conduct of the traumatic operation.
7 April 2023

US hopes Bangladesh govt will examine DW’s allegations against Rab

The US state department yesterday said it hopes that the Bangladesh government will examine the allegations against Rab contained in an article and video published by German news organisation Deutsche Welle (DW). .Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson at the US Department of State, w
7 April 2023

White House admits massive failure in Afghan exit

The White House has released a long-awaited review of the US exit from Afghanistan, laying blame on Donald Trump and a huge intelligence failure, but defending overall US conduct of the traumatic operation..The classified review was sent to Congress, where the Republican majority in the Ho
7 April 2023

Tornado kills 5 after tearing through Missouri in US

First responders from multiple agencies combed through destroyed homes and businesses in the rural area that Missouri Governor Mike Parson said faces "a long journey ahead" toward recovery
6 April 2023

US ‘going to hell’

Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his conduct Tuesday in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as “an insult to our country.”
5 April 2023

US, S Korea hold air drills

South Korea and the United States yesterday staged joint air drills involving at least one US nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber, Seoul’s military said.
5 April 2023

Biden eyes AI dangers

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday it remains to be seen whether artificial intelligence (AI) is dangerous, but underscored that technology companies had a responsibility to ensure their products were safe before making them public.
5 April 2023