UK and US sanction sr Houthis

Britain and the US yesterday said they had sanctioned four senior Houthi officials for their roles in supporting or directing attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM

How Biden plans to fight Trump in 2024, hoping for a repeat win

US President Joe Biden is getting the opponent he thinks he was made to beat in 2024
25 January 2024, 03:15 AM

Red Sea Crisis: US strikes two Houthi anti-ship missiles in Yemen

The US military carried out more strikes in Yemen early yesterday, destroying two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed at the Red Sea and were preparing to launch, the US military said in a statement.
24 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump closes in on Republican nomination

Donald Trump cruised to victory in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential contest on Tuesday, marching closer to a November rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden even as his sole remaining rival for the nomination, Nikki Haley, vowed to soldier on.
24 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump closes in on Biden rematch after New Hampshire win

Donald Trump won the key New Hampshire primary Tuesday, moving him ever closer to locking in the Republican presidential nomination and securing an extraordinary White House rematch with Joe Biden
24 January 2024, 03:06 AM

Red Sea Crisis: US, Britain hit Houthi targets in Yemen

US and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes in Yemen early yesterday, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group against Red Sea shipping, the Pentagon said.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Oppenheimer’ tops Oscar nominations

“Oppenheimer” -- Christopher Nolan’s masterly portrait of the father of the atomic bomb -- topped the Oscars nominations yesterday, earning an impressive 13 nods including for best picture.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump seeks to sew up nomination in New Hampshire

Donald Trump aims to steamroll his way toward the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary, making short work of his only surviving opponent, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM

12 US senators urge Hasina to end harassment of Prof Yunus

Twelve US Senators have written a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urging her to end what they said the persistent harassment of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
23 January 2024, 10:19 AM

No normal Israel ties without path to Palestinian state: Saudi FM

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said there can be no normalisation of ties with Israel without resolving the Palestinian issue, he told CNN in an interview that aired on Sunday.
22 January 2024, 18:00 PM

DeSantis ends 2024 campaign

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his fading presidential campaign on Sunday and endorsed Donald Trump just two days before the pivotal New Hampshire primary, leaving former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as Trump’s last long-shot challenger for the Republican nomination.
22 January 2024, 18:00 PM

US ‘all in’ for Africa

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday the United States was committed to deeper relations with Africa despite global crises as he opened a trip in the shadow of coups and the rising influence of Russia and China on the continent.
22 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Ron DeSantis ends 2024 campaign, endorses Trump over Haley

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his fading presidential campaign on Sunday and endorsed Donald Trump just two days before the pivotal New Hampshire primary, leaving former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as Trump's last long-shot challenger for the Republican nomination
22 January 2024, 02:59 AM

Nikki Haley questions Trump's mental fitness after gaffe

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley turned a spotlight on Donald Trump's mental fitness Saturday, after the former president falsely accused her of failing to stop the violent assault on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021
21 January 2024, 06:30 AM

Over 50 reported dead in US

Unrelenting storms have pummelled the United States over the past week, leading to at least 50 weather-related deaths, officials and US media reported Friday, as large swathes of the country brace for new winter wallops.
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM

LA Times staff walk out 1st time in 142 yrs

Unionised journalists at the Los Angeles Times walked off the job Friday for the first time in the paper’s 142-year history, after management said it planned significant job cuts to help plug a gaping financial hole.
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Dozens killed as fierce winter weather slams US

Unrelenting storms have pummelled the United States over the past week, leading to at least 50 weather-related deaths, officials and US media reported Friday, as large swathes of the country brace for new winter wallops
20 January 2024, 16:49 PM

US rules out possibility of not recognising Sheikh Hasina govt

The United States yesterday ruled out any perception that they will not recognise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's fourth straight term in office
19 January 2024, 06:30 AM

US spaceship lost over South Pacific after failed Moon mission

A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon
19 January 2024, 04:01 AM

Houthi Targets In Yemen: US launches 4th round of strikes

American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the US military said later on Wednesday, after Washington re-designated the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “terrorist” entity for their attacks on merchant vessels.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM