The United States voiced deep dismay at Israel’s decision to expand Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territory but on Thursday also described as “unhelpful” a push for the UN Security Council to denounce the move.

One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall on Wednesday, police said.

Three people were killed and five others wounded Monday when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States, before fleeing the scene, local police said.

The Amazon subsidiary Zoox has said its self-driving vehicles with no manual controls took to California public roads over the weekend, calling it a major breakthrough for the robotaxi industry.

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday kicked off her campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, a tough challenge as her former boss Donald Trump holds a strong lead in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll

US authorities thus far haven't seen any indication or anything that points specifically to the idea that these three objects were part of the PRC's spy balloon program or that they were definitely involved in external intelligence collection efforts.

There is no longer a threat to campus. We believe there to be only one suspect in this incident

"Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified as well as large sections of the structure," the US military's Northern Command said in a statement

Washington strenuously denied Beijing's charges as "false" and insisted it was China alone that has surreptitiously flown spy balloons, as tensions ramped up between the two superpowers

President Joe Biden ordered a F-16 fighter to shoot down the latest object "out of abundance of caution," a senior administration official said

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said late Saturday that he plans to return to Brazil “in the coming weeks” after arriving in the United States in December.

"Airspace is closed due to an object that could interfere with commercial air traffic -- the DOD will resume efforts to observe and ground the object in the morning," Montana lawmaker Matt Rosendale tweeted

Trudeau also said he had spoken with US President Joe Biden about the incident, a day after Biden ordered a shootdown of an unidentified flying object over sea ice near Deadhorse, Alaska

Half of Russia’s main battle tanks have likely been destroyed or captured by Ukraine, a senior US defense official has said.

President Joe Biden has told CNN that the shoot down a “high-altitude object” hovering over Alaska “was a success,” shortly after American national security officials disclosed that the commander-in-chief gave the US military approval to take the action.

Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific journals.

President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday at the White House that the two biggest countries in the Americas have successfully seen off attacks on their democracies and will now work together on fighting the climate crisis.

President Joe Biden ordered the shootdown, which was announced from the White House.

A man was shot dead on Thursday a few blocks from the heart of New York’s Times Square tourist hub, which last year was made a gun-free zone, police said.

"It's not a major breach," Biden said. "I mean, look, it's totally … it's a violation of international law. It's our airspace. And once it comes into our space, we can do what we want with it."