AIR FORCE BASE / 8 killed as US B-52 bomber crashes in California
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Reuters Analysis / Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as US, Iran agree to halt war
16 June 2026, 08:38 AM
World
Eight dead in fiery US bomber crash in California
16 June 2026, 06:54 AM
USA
Pentagon chief denies US facing munitions stockpile shortage
16 June 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Dozens arrested in New York violence after Knicks win title
15 June 2026, 18:18 PM
USA
Trump turns 80 with cage fight at the White House
14 June 2026, 08:47 AM
USA
Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center arts venue
14 June 2026, 08:10 AM
USA
US deportation flight carrying Iranians lands in Central African Republic
13 June 2026, 08:30 AM
USA
US plans to slash fighter jets, warships to Nato in Europe
13 June 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
El Nino has set in: NOAA
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Navalny's widow invited to Biden speech but not able to attend
US President Joe Biden invited the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to attend his State of the Union speech on Thursday but she cannot attend, the White House said
6 March 2024, 03:43 AM
Biden says Trump 'determined to destroy our democracy'
Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump was "determined to destroy" US democracy, as both the Democratic president and his Republican rival scored big wins in the Super Tuesday primaries and head toward a rematch
6 March 2024, 03:35 AM
Trump wins first 11 Super Tuesday primaries: US networks
Donald Trump won the first 11 primary elections, including Texas, as results came in from the 15 "Super Tuesday" states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination
6 March 2024, 02:30 AM
Meta suffers global Facebook, Instagram outage
Meta suffered a highly unusual outage of all its social media platforms yesterday with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads locked out of their accounts.
5 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Bezos dethrones Musk
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took back his spot as the world’s richest man on Monday, dethroning Elon Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bezos’ net worth stands at USD200 billion, according to the tracker, surpassing the Tesla chief’s USD198 billion.
5 March 2024, 18:00 PM
States can’t bar Trump’s candidacy
The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory yesterday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM
US vice president calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza
US Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war to be accepted, while criticizing Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza
4 March 2024, 02:55 AM
Trump wins party vote in 3 US states
Donald Trump on Saturday inched ahead in his quest to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, winning internal party elections in the states of Missouri, Michigan and Idaho, US media reported.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM
FBI offers $20,000 for Bangladeshi man
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a reward of USD 20,000 for tracking down a Bangladeshi man accused of kidnapping, torture, sexual assault, and making ransom demands in New York
3 March 2024, 17:14 PM
Trump wins Michigan, Missouri, Idaho caucuses in dominant show of force
Donald Trump on Saturday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt his campaign in the key battleground state as he gears up for the general election in November
3 March 2024, 03:09 AM
US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop
The United States military carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza yesterday, US officials said, and aid agencies warned of a growing humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian enclave as Israel pressed on with its offensive.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza
US President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave
2 March 2024, 03:00 AM
US Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump claim
The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Donald Trump’s claim that as a former president he is immune from prosecution, further delaying his trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
29 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Global freedom drops sharply in 2023: study
Democracy faced sharp, widespread setbacks worldwide in 2023 with violence and manipulation marring a series of elections, Freedom House said yesterday.
29 February 2024, 18:00 PM
$1b donation makes NY medical school tuition free
A former professor and the widow of a Wall Street investor has given the Albert Einstein College of Medicine a $1 billion donation, with the intention that it be used to pay for all future tuition for all students
29 February 2024, 12:16 PM
Biden declared 'fit for duty' as age issue looms in election
US President Joe Biden remains "fit for duty" with no new health worries, his doctor said Wednesday after the 81-year-old's last medical ahead of an election in which his age is a key issue
29 February 2024, 03:38 AM
Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules
An Illinois state judge on Wednesday barred Donald Trump from appearing on the Illinois' Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, but she delayed her ruling from taking effect in light of an expected appeal by the former US president
29 February 2024, 03:22 AM
Biden, Trump win Michigan primaries
US President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, but a protest vote by Democrats angry over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza exceeded organisers’ expectations.
28 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump, Biden win Michigan primaries but Democrats mount Gaza protest vote
US President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, but a protest vote by Democrats angry over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza exceeded organizers' expectations
28 February 2024, 02:59 AM
Biden says that’s ‘classified’
US President Joe Biden made light of conspiracy theories about him and pop superstar Taylor Swift during an appearance on a late night show and had a ready answer to the question of whether she’ll endorse him in 2024: that’s classified. During an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Monday, Biden, a Democrat, joked with Meyers, a comedian, about conspiracy theories that the president and the singer-songwriter are in “cahoots.”
27 February 2024, 18:00 PM