New York mayor Mamdani to ask Trump to withdraw ICE after shooting
AFP, New York
9 October 2026 • United States
US withdraws all bombers from UK airbase
AFP, Washington
6 October 2026 • United States
Trump rejects Iran plan to open Hormuz
AFP, Washington
27 September 2026 • United States
PM, UN chief discuss Rohingya crisis, climate change
BSS, New York
26 September 2026 • United States
Trump to fete Xi with lavish White House welcome
AFP, Washington
24 September 2026 • World
Trump invites Putin to G20 summit
AFP,  United Nations
24 September 2026 • United States
Xi to get rare airport welcome from Trump
AFP, Washington
24 September 2026 • United States
Trump urges complete isolation of Iran at UN
Agencies
23 September 2026 • United States

Trump says expecting ‘arrest’

Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be “arrested” on Tuesday over hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, calling on his supporters to protest.
18 March 2023

‘I’M BACK’

Former president Donald Trump wrote his first posts on his reinstated Facebook and YouTube accounts Friday, more than two years after he was banned over the US Capitol insurrection.
18 March 2023

Biden: Putin committed war crimes

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly committed war crimes and the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for him was justified.
18 March 2023

Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: study

Logging, wildfires and farming are causing mountain forests, habitat to 85 percent of the world’s birds, mammals and amphibians, to vanish at an alarming rate, according to a study published on Friday.
18 March 2023

US leadership role in ME facing deep challenges

China’s shock success at bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together has challenged the United States’ longstanding role as the key outside power broker in the Middle East.
18 March 2023

Facing arrest, Trump calls for protests

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star, and called on his supporters to protest..A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney's office, which has been investigat
18 March 2023

Meta maps way to ‘kill’ online deception campaigns

Meta on Thursday released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment.
17 March 2023

ChatGPT gets more ‘human’ as AI wave continues

The company behind the ChatGPT app that churns out essays, poems or computing code on command released Tuesday a long-awaited update of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology that it said would be safer and more accurate than its predecessor.
15 March 2023

Russia calls on US to halt 'hostile' flights after collision

Russian ambassador to the United States on Wednesday called on Washington to stop "hostile" flights near his country's border, after an American drone was intercepted by Russian fighters over the Black Sea
15 March 2023

US military drone crashes into Black Sea after Russian intercept

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and struck the propeller of a US military MQ-9 "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea, the Pentagon said, in the first such incident since Russia's invasion of Ukraine over a year ago..NATO's Supreme Allied Com
14 March 2023

‘Cold, hard facts’ should guide climate policy

The head of the United Nations called Monday for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed.
14 March 2023

Biden admin approves Alaska oil drilling project

The Biden administration, brushing aside pressure from environmentalists, yesterday approved a controversial oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope.
13 March 2023

After SVB failure, US acts to shore up banking system confidence

After a dramatic weekend, regulators said the failed bank's customers will have access to all their deposits starting Monday and set up a new facility to give banks access to emergency funds. The Federal Reserve also made it easier for banks to borrow from it in emergencies
13 March 2023

History will hold Trump ‘accountable’

Former US vice president Mike Pence said Saturday that history would hold former president Donald Trump “accountable” for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, US media reported.
12 March 2023

Latest California storm leaves at least 2 dead

"We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight"
12 March 2023

Biden scraps Trump’s paint scheme for Air Force One

The US Air Force on Friday unveiled a new color scheme for Air Force One, discarding the palette chosen by Donald Trump for the presidential aircraft.
11 March 2023

China role in Saudi, Iran deal a tricky test for US

The surprise deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties offers much for the United States to be intrigued about, including a possible path to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program and a chance to cement a ceasefire in Yemen.
11 March 2023

Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since 2008 crisis, billions stranded

California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver for later disposition of its assets
11 March 2023

Biden, EU chief meet on trade tensions

President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen met yesterday to defuse a transatlantic trade dispute over subsidies for the green economy, as well as cooperation on confronting Russia.
10 March 2023

Trump offered chance to testify to New York grand jury: reports

New York prosecutors have offered Donald Trump an opportunity to testify to a grand jury, signaling an investigation into hush money the former president allegedly paid a porn star may soon end in an indictment, US media reported Thursday.
10 March 2023