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

Webb telescope catches Tarantula Nebula

A stellar nursery nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula has been captured in crisp detail by Nasa’s Webb telescope, revealing hitherto unseen features that deepen scientific understanding, the agency said Tuesday.
7 September 2022

Obama wins Emmy

Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series “Our Great National Parks,” the Television Academy announced Saturday.
4 September 2022

Biden ‘enemy of the state’: Trump

Donald Trump branded Joe Biden an “enemy of the state” Saturday as he hit back at the US president’s assertion that the Republican and his supporters are undermining American democracy, and slammed last month’s FBI raid of his Florida home.
4 September 2022

Moon mission: Nasa scrubs Artemis I launch again

For the second time in five days, Nasa yesterday halted a countdown in progress and postponed a planned attempt to launch the debut test flight of its giant, next-generation rocket, the first mission of the agency’s moon-to-Mars Artemis program.
3 September 2022

Eight migrants die trying to cross Rio Grande River into US

Eight migrants died and 37 were rescued as they tried to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande River into the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas, US customs officials said on Friday.
3 September 2022

US rejects linking Iran nuclear deal, IAEA probes

The White House on Friday rejected linking a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with the closure of investigations by the UN nuclear watchdog a day after Iran reopened the issue according to a Western diplomat.
3 September 2022

US angers China with $1.1b arms sale to Taiwan

The US State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures.
3 September 2022

Plane threatening to crash in Mississippi lands safely

Authorities say a plane that was circling over northern Mississippi and whose pilot had threatened to crash it into the ground landed safely on Saturday.
3 September 2022

Fuel leak disrupts NASA's 2nd attempt to launch Artemis 1 moon mission

NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard.
3 September 2022

US: Iran response ‘not constructive’

The United States on Thursday said that a new response from Iran on reviving a landmark nuclear deal was “not constructive,” a day after European mediators were hopeful at finally crossing the finish line. 
2 September 2022

‘They thrive on chaos’

US President Joe Biden has slammed Donald Trump and his “extremist” supporters, labeling them enemies of American democracy in a prime-time address that sought to fire up voters ahead of key midterm elections.
2 September 2022

Newspaper clippings, empty folders marked classified in FBI search of Trump's house

FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.
2 September 2022

Greenhouse gas, sea levels hit new highs in 2021

Earth’s concentration of greenhouse gases and sea levels hit new highs in 2021, a US government report said Wednesday, showing that climate
1 September 2022

Could US see another civil war? Over 40% Americans think so

About 43 percent of American citizens believe a civil war could happen in the US within the decade, according to a new survey conducted by YouGov and the Economist.
30 August 2022

Engine problemL Nasa calls off launch of giant Moon rocket

An engine problem yesterday forced Nasa to postpone for at least four days the debut launch of the colossal rocketship it hopes will one day fly astronauts back to the Moon, more than a half-century after Apollo’s last lunar mission.
29 August 2022

World needs to ‘make more babies’

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has fathered 10 children, said yesterday the world needs to “make more babies” -- and keep digging for oil.
29 August 2022

US gunman who killed 3 people nabbed by police

Police in the US city of Detroit on Sunday caught a suspect believed to have shot four people at “random”, killing three of them, authorities said.
29 August 2022

Facebook to settle Analytica privacy lawsuit

Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ private data.
28 August 2022

US warships transit through Taiwan Strait

Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait yesterday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island.
28 August 2022

American arrested, charged with trying to provide material support to ISIS

A New Mexico man has been arrested and charged with trying to provide material support to ISIS and shutting down an online platform that could have tied two other men to similar charges.
28 August 2022