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

US envoy for strengthening ties with Dhaka

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has said he is looking forward to strengthening the Bangladesh-US partnership in the new year.
1 January 2023

US TV news legend Barbara Walters dies

Pioneering television journalist Barbara Walters, who upended a male-dominated industry as the first woman to anchor an evening news show in the United States, died on Friday at the age of 93, her long-time employer ABC said.
31 December 2022

Trump’s tax returns released

A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee yesterday released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the public in an extraordinary move days before Republicans are due to take control of the chamber.
30 December 2022

US winter storm death toll now 61

The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said.
30 December 2022

Finally, Trump tax returns released

A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the public on Friday in an extraordinary move days before Republicans are due to take control of the chamber..Release of Trump's redacted returns for 2015 th
30 December 2022

1st legal recreational marijuana shop opens in New York

New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan.
30 December 2022

Twitter outages hit thousands of users worldwide

Twitter users around the world reported errors accessing it for several hours, web monitors said Wednesday, in one of the biggest outages since Elon Musk bought the platform.
29 December 2022

US okays $180m anti-tank weapons sale to Taiwan

The US State Department approved on Wednesday the $180 million sale of vehicle-launched anti-tank systems to Taiwan, the Pentagon said,
29 December 2022

The end of world is close?

For thousands of years, predictions of apocalypse have come and gone. But with dangers arising from nuclear war and climate change, does the planet need to at least begin contemplating the worst?
29 December 2022

Trump tax returns to be released tomorrow

Former Republican President Donald Trump’s redacted tax returns will be made public tomorrow, a spokesperson for the US House of
28 December 2022

NY digs out from blizzard

Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid warming and rains that could cause flooding and turn the frozen landscape to slush.
28 December 2022

US SC keeps pandemic-era border restrictions in place

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place for now a pandemic-era policy allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border.
28 December 2022

New York digs out from deadly blizzard

Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid warming and rains that could cause flooding and turn the frozen landscape to slush..The region in and around Buffal
28 December 2022

US House administration bans TikTok on official devices

The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all US House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect banning the app from US government devices.
28 December 2022

US mulls Covid restrictions for arrivals from China: report

The United States is considering placing new Covid-19 restrictions on arrivals from China, government officials said on Tuesday.
28 December 2022

Historic winter storm kills 55 across US

US emergency crews counted the grim costs of a colossal winter storm that brought Christmas chaos to millions, especially in hard-hit western New York, where the death toll reached 25 yesterday in what authorities described as a “war with mother nature.”
26 December 2022

US blizzard death toll rises to 31

A brutal winter storm brought Christmas Day danger and misery to millions of Americans Sunday as intense snow and frigid cold gripped parts of the eastern United States, with weather-related deaths rising to at least 31..A crisis situation was unfolding in Buffalo, in western New York, whe
26 December 2022

Twitter restores suicide prevention feature

Twitter Inc has restored a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from some users and consumer safety groups over its removal.
25 December 2022

22 dead as US blizzard cuts power, snarls travel on Christmas morning

More than 200,000 Americans woke up without power on Christmas morning as a days-long winter megastorm that hammered several eastern US states Sunday left more than 20 people dead.
25 December 2022

Deadly blizzard leaves US in Christmas deep freeze

A fearsome winter storm continued to pummel parts of the United States with blizzard conditions Saturday evening after its powerful Arctic winds left over a million customers without power earlier in the day and caused Christmas travel nightmares.
25 December 2022