Bangladeshi student shot dead in Texas robbery

A former Dhaka University student, who went to the US last January to pursue higher studies, was shot dead in a robbery at a store in Beaumont, Texas on Friday
30 December 2023, 16:36 PM

US shoots down drone, missile fired by Huthis

An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels, the US military said.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM

SpaceX launches secretive US military space drone

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket blasted back into space on Thursday night to ferry the US military’s secretive X-37B drone to a research mission.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

Maine on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's US presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol
29 December 2023, 04:02 AM

US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force

US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don’t want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump wins Michigan state court battle, qualifies for primary election ballot

Donald Trump scored a victory today in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for the White House again when Michigan's top court declined to hear a case seeking to disqualify him from the state's presidential primary ballot
27 December 2023, 16:03 PM

UN Security Council voices ‘alarm’

The UN Security Council expressed “alarm” at growing violence in war-torn Sudan on Friday, a day after it reported that seven million people have been displaced by the conflict.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Twitter breached contract, rules US court

A US federal court ruled on Friday that social media company Twitter, now branded X, violated contracts by failing to pay annual performance bonuses it orally promised its workers.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Top US court rejects hearing request

The US Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately decide former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, allowing a lower court to continue reviewing the issue.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Supreme Court rejects prosecutor's request, will not rule on Trump immunity yet

The US Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately decide former President Donald Trump's claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, allowing a lower court to continue reviewing the issue
23 December 2023, 03:33 AM

Trump barred from Colorado primary ballot

Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado’s supreme court ruled Tuesday,
20 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021
20 December 2023, 03:22 AM

Nasa sends cat video from deep space

Nasa on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away from Earth -- to send a high-definition cat video.
19 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Campaign Speech: Immigrants ‘poisoning the blood’ of US

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said on Saturday that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” repeating language that has previously drawn criticism as xenophobic and echoing of Nazi rhetoric.
17 December 2023, 18:00 PM

US destroyer downs 14 drones in the Red Sea

An American destroyer on Saturday shot down more than a dozen drones in the Red Sea launched from Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the US military said, as the impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict spreads to global shipping lanes.
17 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Perry died from ‘acute effects of ketamine’

“Friends” star Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects” of the powerful sedative ketamine that, combined with other factors, caused the actor to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub, according to an autopsy released on Friday.
16 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Designate India as ‘country of particular concern’

The US religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the US Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas.
16 December 2023, 18:00 PM

US warns China against interference

The United States on Friday warned China not to interfere in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections, urging “responsible behaviour on all sides.”
16 December 2023, 18:00 PM

California children sue US govt

Children in California are suing the US government over its failure to curb pollution, the latest in a series of legal actions by young people around the world worried about climate change.
16 December 2023, 18:00 PM

US identifies use of AI as risk in financial system: report

US regulators have identified the use of artificial intelligence as a vulnerability in the financial system for the first time, according to a report released on Thursday
15 December 2023, 05:14 AM