US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials Thursday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths from military strikes after multiple unjustified fatal incidents.

The US economy grew last year at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan’s presidency, bouncing back with resilience from 2020′s brief but devastating coronavirus recession.

Playboy has said it “strongly supports” women who have recently come forward with allegations against Hugh Hefner, the company’s late founder, of “abhorrent actions” including coercing and drugging women into sex at the Playboy Mansion and at nightclubs, BBC reports.

A US judge on Thursday imposed a 44-month prison sentence on a man who pleaded guilty to a felony charge after throwing objects at police during last year's attack on the US Capitol and boasting about his actions on social media.

The US Coast Guard has launched a search for 39 people reported missing when a boat capsized off the coast of Florida in a “suspected human smuggling

US President Joe Biden was caught on a live microphone Monday calling a Fox News journalist a “stupid son of a b****” on the sidelines of a White House photo op.

Moscow yesterday accused the United States of ratcheting up tensions over Ukraine after Washington put several thousand troops on alert for possible deployment to boost Nato.

Iran for the first time said it was open to direct nuclear negotiations with the United States, which declared itself ready to hold talks “urgently” -- in a possible turning point in efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear accord.

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, Nasa said Monday.

The descendants of Native American tribes on the Northern California coast are reclaiming a bit of their heritage that includes ancient redwoods that have stood since their ancestors walked the land.

US President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising inflation on this year's congressional elections.

The US State Department announced Sunday it was ordering diplomats’ family members to leave Ukraine, as US President Joe Biden weighed options for boosting America’s military assets in Eastern Europe to counter a buildup of Russian troops.

A draft executive order written by Donald Trump’s White House in the weeks after his defeat in the 2020 election directed the nation’s top military leader to seize voting machines, a report said Friday.

The United States on Friday announced large-scale Nato naval exercises in the Mediterranean beginning tomorrow and with the participation of aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman, as tensions flare with Russia, which is to hold its own maritime maneuvers at the same time.

The United States, the World Health Organization’s top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration’s long-term support for the UN agency. 

China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats told AFP.

US President Joe Biden’s public approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency this week as Americans appeared exhausted by the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic toll, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.

The “Doomsday Clock,” representing the judgment of leading science and security experts about perils to human existence, remains at 100 seconds to midnight this year, with advances like Covid-19 vaccines balanced by rising misinformation and other threats. 

US President Joe Biden's public approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency this week as Americans appeared exhausted by the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic toll, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the release to a congressional committee of