US deportation flight carrying Iranians lands in Central African Republic
AFP, Bangui, Central African Republic
13 June 2026, 08:30 AM USA
US plans to slash fighter jets, warships to Nato in Europe
AFP, Washington
13 June 2026, 00:00 AM USA
El Nino has set in: NOAA
AFP, Washington
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM USA
'I love the inflation': Trump comment on latest price jump sparks backlash
AFP, Washington, United States
11 June 2026, 09:17 AM USA
Trump’s 37 Iran promises fall flat
CNN Online
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM World

Trump may use military against drug cartels: report

President Donald Trump is moving to target Latin American drug cartels with the military, US media said Friday, after Washington designated several narcotics trafficking groups as “terrorist” organizations earlier this year.
9 August 2025, 19:23 PM

US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday.
9 August 2025, 19:12 PM

Trump announces peace deal between Azerbaijan, Armenia

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a US-brokered peace agreement on Friday during a meeting with US President Donald Trump that would boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict and move them toward a full normalization of relations.
9 August 2025, 19:11 PM

Teen shooter wounds 3 in Times Square

A 17-year-old boy opened fire and wounded three people in New York City’s heavily touristed Times Square early yesterday, the New York Police Department said.
9 August 2025, 18:19 PM

New York declares total war on prolific rat population

Alongside targeted interventions, officials are mounting an effort to educate the public about the need to avoid leaving behind food waste that feeds and sustains the rat population
9 August 2025, 02:49 AM

Trump demands $1b from University of California over UCLA protests

President Donald Trump demanded a massive $1 billion fine from the prestigious University of California system on Friday as the administration pushed its claims of antisemitism in UCLA's response to 2024 student protests related to Gaza
9 August 2025, 02:45 AM

US offers $50m for Maduro’s arrest

The United States has doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million over allegations of drug trafficking and links to criminal groups, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday.
8 August 2025, 19:15 PM

US human rights report to downplay allies’ abuse: report

The annual human rights report produced by the United States will scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, a report said Wednesday, as officials hinted it would focus instead on what they call dwindling freedom of expression in Europe.
7 August 2025, 18:44 PM

Trump says likely to meet Putin 'very soon'

"There's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon," Trump told reporters
7 August 2025, 08:37 AM

Russian oil purchase: Trump raises India tariffs to 50%

US President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil in a move that sharply escalated tensions between the two nations after trade talks reached a deadlock.
6 August 2025, 20:32 PM

Shooter opens fire at US military base, wounding five

A shooter opened fire at a US military base in the southern state of Georgia on Wednesday, wounding five soldiers before being apprehended
6 August 2025, 18:45 PM

US government gets a year of ChatGPT Enterprise for $1

OpenAI on Wednesday said it was letting the US government use a version of ChatGPT designed for businesses for a year, charging just $1 for the service
6 August 2025, 18:42 PM

Secondary sanctions on Russia to be implemented on Friday, White House official says

US envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday went well, a White House official said, adding that Washington still planned to proceed with secondary sanctions on Friday
6 August 2025, 17:23 PM

Trump signals tariffs on pharma, chips as trade war widens

Trump's latest comments come days before a separate set of tariff hikes takes effect on dozens of economies later this week
5 August 2025, 15:34 PM

Trump to raise tariff on India over Russia oil

President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to “substantially” hike US tariffs on goods from India over its purchases of Russian oil -- a key source of revenue for Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
4 August 2025, 20:33 PM

Russia-Ukraine war: Trump envoy’s visit will be ‘important’

The Kremlin said yesterday it was anticipating “important” talks with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, later this week, ahead of the US president’s looming deadline to impose fresh sanctions on Moscow if it does not make progress towards a peace deal with Ukraine.
4 August 2025, 18:37 PM

Trump tariff rates unlikely to change

New US tariff rates are “pretty much set” with little immediate room for negotiation, Donald Trump’s trade adviser said in remarks aired yesterday.
3 August 2025, 22:08 PM

US agency probes special counsel who prosecuted Trump

US officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led two federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump, US media reported Saturday.
3 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Tesla ordered to pay $242m

A Florida jury on Friday ordered Tesla to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to plaintiffs who blamed a deadly 2019 crash on the company’s “Autopilot” driver assistance technology.
2 August 2025, 20:07 PM

Trump deploys nuclear submarines

US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines Friday in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with a Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs.
2 August 2025, 18:22 PM