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

Boeing tells AFP 'reached an agreement' with DoJ over 737 MAX crashes

Boeing on Monday said it had "reached an agreement" with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes more than five years ago
8 July 2024

Boeing to plead guilty in US probe of fatal 737 MAX crashes

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to resolve a US Justice Department investigation linked to two 737 MAX fatal crashes, a government official said on Sunday
8 July 2024

Biden back on campaign trail as pressure mounts

US President Joe Biden headed back out on the campaign trail yesterday, desperate to salvage his re-election bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race.
7 July 2024

Biden defiant, but critics are circling

Joe Biden's presidential reelection bid hung in the balance Saturday, after his latest efforts to put a disastrous debate showing behind him failed to silence voices urging him to quit the White House race
7 July 2024

Biden says nobody 'more qualified' to win election than him

US President Joe Biden insisted Friday that no one is more qualified to lead the nation or defeat Donald Trump than he is, swatting away concerns over whether he can beat his Republican challenger in November
6 July 2024

Biden seeks reset with high-risk TV interview

With his reelection bid on the line, US President Joe Biden sits down Friday for a crucial TV interview to persuade doubters of his physical and mental fitness for a second White House term.
5 July 2024

Iranians vote amid apathy

Iranians voted yesterday for a run-off presidential election that will test the clerical rulers’ popularity amid voter apathy at a time of regional tensions and a standoff with the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
5 July 2024

Can the Democrats replace Joe Biden now?

In a presidential debate where US President Joe Biden and Republican challenger and former president Donald Trump faced off with the goal to dispel concerns over their elderly status, the sitting president recently came out looking like the one most cowed by old age
5 July 2024

Biden vows to stay ‘to the end’

US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday evening, as he sought to shake off calls for him to drop out after his shaky debate performance last week.
4 July 2024

Biden rejects growing pressure to abandon his campaign, vows to stay 'to the end'

US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday, as he sought to shake off calls for him to drop out after his shaky debate performance last week
4 July 2024

2024 US election loomed over Supreme Court term

Ideally, the US Supreme Court is meant to be above politics, but its latest term will be remembered for crucial rulings with an outsize impact on the 2024 presidential election
4 July 2024

Biden expresses concerns over his candidacy to ally

US President Joe Biden has told an ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after his debate performance last week, the New York Times reported yesterday.
3 July 2024

80pc of Gaza people now displaced

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza said Tuesday that 1.9 million people -- 80 percent of the territory’s population -- were now displaced, adding she was “deeply concerned” by reports of new evacuation orders for Khan Yunis.
3 July 2024

Who could replace Biden if he withdraws from race?

Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race for the White House is still a rather improbable scenario, but the rumor mill is pumping out myriad possibilities as to who could replace him atop the Democratic ticket
3 July 2024

'Almost fell asleep on stage': Biden's exhaustion explanation

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said relentless international travel was to blame for his disastrous debate performance last week, adding "it's not an excuse, but an explanation"
3 July 2024

It’s a ‘dangerous precedent’

President Joe Biden warned later on Monday that the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a “dangerous precedent” that Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November.
2 July 2024

Biden blasts landmark Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity

President Joe Biden warned Monday that the US Supreme Court's landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a "dangerous precedent" that Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November
2 July 2024

US DOJ to criminally charge Boeing

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will criminally charge Boeing BA.N with fraud over two fatal crashes and ask the planemaker to plead guilty or face a trial, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
1 July 2024

Trump has immunity for official acts

The US Supreme Court yesterday found that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for official actions taken as president, but can for private acts, in a landmark ruling recognising for the first time any form of presidential immunity from prosecution.
1 July 2024

Boeing offered 737 MAX plea deal, lawyer of crash victims' families says

The US Justice Department is offering Boeing a plea deal that will allow it to avoid a trial related to two deadly 737 MAX crashes, a lawyer for the victims' families said Sunday, expressing outrage
1 July 2024