Retaliation for missile attacks
AFP, Washington
6 September 2026 United States
US midterms begin with chaos over mail-voting crackdown
AFP, Washington
5 September 2026 United States
Trump's White House releases deportation video games
AFP, Washington
4 September 2026 United States
US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
AFP, Washington
4 September 2026 United States
US Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House
AFP, Washington
1 September 2026 United States
Two dead after stabbing in New York's Times Square
AFP, New York
1 September 2026 United States
Trump threatens to bomb Oman
Agencies
18 August 2026 United States
Trump dismisses concerns over US aircraft carrier
AFP, Washington
16 August 2026 United States
Five killed in Michigan shooting
Reuters, New York
16 August 2026 United States

Mattis to travel next week to ME, Africa

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East and Africa next week for a series of meetings with regional allies, the
15 April 2017

Court weighs blocking Trump order on sanctuary cities

A US judge on Friday heard arguments from lawyers representing two so-called sanctuary cities that are challenging President Donald
15 April 2017

Dino ancestors looked like crocodiles: Study

Fossils discovered in Tanzania in the 1930s have helped identify a "missing link" in dinosaur evolution that reveals their ancestors had long necks, walked on four legs and looked like crocodiles.
15 April 2017

Trailer for 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' finally here

Disney has released the very first trailer and poster for episode eight of the Star Wars saga, "The Last Jedi", at Star Wars Celebration, a fan festival in Orlando.
15 April 2017

Dhaka 2nd among top cities with active Facebook users

Dhaka has been ranked second among the top cities of the world having largest active Facebook users.Bangkok is the number one city ahead of Dhaka and in the country category, the United States leads all having over 21 crore active users of Facebook, says a recent report conducted jointly by social media research organisations -- We Are Social and Hootsuite.
15 April 2017

Trump takes U-turn again

After less than three months in office, President Donald Trump has abruptly shifted his stance on an array of foreign policy issues
13 April 2017

Trump gave Syria attack order 'during dessert'

US President Donald Trump gave the order to strike Syria with dozens of cruise missiles "during dessert" with visiting Chinese leader Xi
13 April 2017

Boy, 8, on joy ride for a cheeseburger

An eight-year-old American boy drove his father's van to a McDonald's because he just had to have a cheeseburger.
13 April 2017

Facebook looking at behaviour to weed out fake accounts

Facebook says it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behaviour such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages.
13 April 2017

Jaguar wins World Car of the Year

On the eve of the 2017 New York International Auto Show, Jaguar's first-ever SUV, the F-Pace, has been named the 2017 World Car of the Year.
13 April 2017

‘Thor: Ragnarok' trailer gets record-breaking views

Released online on April 10, the trailer for the Norse god's third movie adventure has been watched 136 million times in just 24 hours -- a new record for Disney and Marvel Studios.
13 April 2017

Daily Mail pays Melania damages over escort claim

Britain's Daily Mail newspaper yesterday apologised to US First Lady Melania Trump and agreed to pay her damages
12 April 2017

'No doubt' Syria behind chemical attack: Mattis

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Monday there is "no doubt" the Syrian regime was behind last week's deadly chemical
12 April 2017

Dead bat found in salad at US Walmart sparks recall

US Health officials want to find out how a dead bat in a “deteriorated condition” ended up inside a packaged salad sold at a grocery store in Florida.
12 April 2017

Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers

The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honored The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and
11 April 2017

Three dead in murder-suicide at US school

A man walked into a school in southern California Monday and shot dead his estranged wife in front of her students, killing an eight-
11 April 2017

N Korea warns of nuke strike

North Korean state media yesterday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of US aggression as a US Navy strike
11 April 2017

Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzer Prizes for work on Trump, Putin

The Pulitzer Prizes honors The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin's covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media.
11 April 2017

Trump presses Xi on trade, N Korea

President Donald Trump pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to curb North Korea's nuclear program and help reduce the gaping US trade deficit with Beijing in talks on Friday, even as he toned down the strident anti-China rhetoric of his election campaign.
8 April 2017

Some 100 children among 311 killed

Some 100 children were among the 311 people killed in the giant mudslide that slammed into the southern
7 April 2017