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

Trump presses showdown with intelligence agencies

President Donald Trump pressed his attacks on US intelligence agencies yesterday, vowing to catch "low-life leakers" amid a battle
16 February 2017

New UN peacekeeping chief named

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France to
15 February 2017

US will not insist on two-state solution

President Donald Trump was set to welcome Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House yesterday after an
15 February 2017

Immigration not linked to increased crime levels

There is no link between immigration and increased levels of crime, a study spanning four decades has concluded.
14 February 2017

Trump's 'outdoor Situation Room'

Social media posts of Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe huddling with aides in a public dining room after North Korea's missile test raised
14 February 2017

Mass evacuation ordered

Evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States remained in place early
13 February 2017

Margaret Atwood says Trump win boosted sales of her dystopian classic

Canada's best-known writer Margaret Atwood says it was largely worries about women's issues after the US election that made her book "The Handmaid's Tale" the latest dystopian novel to shoot back up bestseller lists.
12 February 2017

Trump charms Japan PM

President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a brotherly hug and warm words of admiration Friday, as he ditched previously hard-charging rhetoric toward Tokyo during a White House summit.
11 February 2017

Canada court finds no proof of Padma bridge bribery conspiracy

Three former top executives of SNC-Lavalin have been acquitted in an international bribery case linked to Padma bridge construction project in Bangladesh. An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed the case at the prosecution's request.
11 February 2017

Somalia's ex-PM elected president

Former Somali prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who holds joint American citizenship, was elected
9 February 2017

9/11 attacks were America's fault

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks wrote to former president Barack Obama to tell him 9/11
9 February 2017

Veteran Qaeda leader killed in Syria

The US military said Wednesday that it had killed eleven al-Qaeda operatives, including a veteran leader and suicide
9 February 2017

Jeff Sessions confirmed as US attorney general

The US Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, despite fierce debate about his civil rights
9 February 2017

US, Turkey to work together

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call overnight to act jointly
8 February 2017

We'll defeat 'Islamic terrorism'

President Donald Trump has vowed that America and its allies would defeat the "forces of death" and keep radical
7 February 2017

Kerry, Albright slam Trump travel ban

A group of prominent Democrats including former secretaries of state John Kerry and Madeleine Albright yesterday called for a federal
6 February 2017

Trump remarks draw fire

President Donald Trump is drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike after playing down political assassinations in Russia and Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
6 February 2017

Trump says Pence will lead voter fraud panel

President Donald Trump says that he would put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of a commission to probe what he believes was voter fraud in last November's election.
6 February 2017

Trump pledges help to restore Ukraine peace

US President Donald Trump told Ukraine's leader on Saturday that he would work with Kiev and Moscow to try to end
5 February 2017

Merkel's poll lead shrinks in Germany

The lead in voter support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance over the centre-left Social
5 February 2017