Trump vs Tillerson

President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, saying the two had a "different mindset" on key
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump pulls back from big changes to gun laws

US President Donald Trump will support a modest set of fixes to gun laws, stepping back from some of the more sweeping changes he
12 March 2018, 18:00 PM

People who hear colour may have overactive brain connectivity: Study

Synesthesia is a rare and non-pathological condition wherein the stimulation of a certain sense provokes a secondary perception in another. In short, it makes a person hear sounds upon seeing images, see colors upon hearing music or experience taste when certain words and phrases are spoken.
10 March 2018, 04:15 AM

An affront to close allies

Key US trading partners yesterday condemned President Donald Trump's decision to slap punitive tariffs on foreign steel and
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

US Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum says.
8 March 2018, 04:24 AM

Trump 'may' visit Israel for opening Jerusalem embassy

Donald Trump floated a fraught trip to open the new American embassy in Jerusalem, as the US president hosted Israel's equally
6 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Senators to force vote on US role

US lawmakers on Wednesday launched a bipartisan effort to end American involvement in Saudi Arabia's conflict with Yemen, an extraordinary attempt to force a vote on whether to over-rule presidential military authorization.
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Top Trump aide Hicks to resign

Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump's longest-serving aides and perhaps his most trusted confidante, on Wednesday announced her resignation in the latest of a string of departures from the embattled White House.
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Mueller probing Trump's attacks on Jeff Sessions

The special counsel in the Russia probe is investigating a period of time last summer when President Donald Trump seemed determined to push Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Republicans reject new limits on guns

Republican leaders of the US Congress said on Tuesday they would not raise the minimum age for gun buyers, in a sign that one of
28 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Clinton affair was 'abuse of power'

Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky says she has been reexamining her affair with president Bill Clinton through the "new
28 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Top US court curbs rights of immigrants

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday curbed the ability of immigrants held in long-term detention during deportation proceedings to argue
28 February 2018, 18:00 PM

'I'd run in there' even without gun

President Donald Trump said Monday he would have rushed unarmed into the Florida school targeted by a mass shooter, as student
27 February 2018, 18:00 PM

US, North should lower threshold for talks: South

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday the United States and North Korea should both give ground so
26 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Democrats release counter-memo

The Democratic minority on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Saturday released a response to Republican charges that the FBI and Justice Department have abused the law in their investigation of possible ties between Russia and Donald
25 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump- Pena Nieto meet shelved

Mexico and the United States have shelved tentative plans for a visit to Washington by President Enrique Pena Nieto as tensions persist over a proposed border wall, US media reported Saturday.
25 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Vehicle crashes into White House barrier

The US Secret Service on Friday reported a vehicle rammed into a security barrier near the White House, and the driver has been
24 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump ex-aide Gates pleads guilty to conspiracy, lying

President Donald Trump's former campaign deputy Rick Gates pleaded guilty Friday to fraud and lying, pledging to cooperate with
24 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Two-thirds of US voters back tougher laws

Americans support stricter gun laws by a more-than two-to-one margin, one of the highest levels on record, a polling agency reported
21 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Florida school massacre suspect on authorities’ radar in 2016: Media

A teenager accused of fatally shooting 17 people at a Florida high school was investigated by police and state officials as far back as 2016 after slashing his arm in a social media video, and saying he wanted to buy a gun, but authorities determined he was receiving sufficient support, newspapers say.
18 February 2018, 04:39 AM