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

Banned countries have no terror link in US, critics say

Critics are pointing out that Donald Trump’s immigration restriction has excluded countries where citizens have terrorism records in the US.
31 January 2017

Trump fires acting attorney general for defying migrant ban

US President Donald Trump fires the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders.
31 January 2017

Trump travel ban illegal

US President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens from mainly Muslim countries is illegal and "mean-spirited", the United Nations human rights chief Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein said yesterday.
30 January 2017

Pressure grows on May

More than one million people had signed a petition yesterday demanding Britain cancel plans for a state visit by US President Donald Trump following his ban on travellers from mainly Muslim countries.
30 January 2017

6 killed in Canadian mosque shooting

Gunmen storm into a mosque in Quebec during evening prayers and opened fire on dozens of worshippers, killing six and wounding eight in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned as a "terrorist attack."
30 January 2017

Trump puts lobbying ban on officials

President Donald Trump on Saturday put restrictions on the kind of lucrative lobbying gigs his White House aides and other
29 January 2017

Trump shakes up world in a week

Donald Trump hurtled through his first week in power, punching out at critics, dishing up "alternative facts," polarising public opinion
29 January 2017

Trump vows better Russia ties, reassures Nato allies

President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to improve floundering ties with Russia in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin,
29 January 2017

US embassy should be in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called for US President Donald Trump to make good on his campaign pledge to
29 January 2017

Trump gives generals 30 days for anti-IS strategy

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday giving the US military 30 days to devise a plan to "defeat" the Islamic State group.
29 January 2017

Opinion: Trump's first week marked by action and friction

President Donald Trump's first week in office has set the tone for his presidency, analysts say - and it points to a rocky road.
29 January 2017

'Don't build wall!'

The mayor of Germany's long-divided capital Berlin, Michael Mueller, on Friday offered some advice to US President Donald Trump: "Don't build this wall!"
28 January 2017

Visa holders, refugees face detentions at US airports

US authorities wasted no time implementing Donald Trump's order halting Muslim arrivals, detaining travelers arriving at American
28 January 2017

'Back US or we'll take names'

Washington's new ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, vowed Friday to show US strength, bluntly warning those who
28 January 2017

California moves to secede from US

A campaign for California to secede from the rest of the country over Donald Trump's election is gaining momentum, with supporters
28 January 2017

DONALD TRUMP'S REFUGEE POLICY

The “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” order imposes a 120-day suspension of the entire US Refugee Admissions Program.
28 January 2017

FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines

The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, legal experts say, citing two warrantless surveillance orders the social media company published on Friday.
28 January 2017

Trump vows 'new vetting' to weed out Islamic radicals

US President Donald Trump signs a sweeping new executive order to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough new controls on travelers from seven Muslim countries. In addition, Trump specifically bars Syrian refugees from the United States indefinitely.
28 January 2017

Yemen could face famine in 2017: UN

The United Nations aid chief warned Thursday that Yemen was sliding deeper into humanitarian crisis and could face
27 January 2017

'Humiliated' media should 'shut up'

Donald Trump's senior adviser Steve Bannon said the media should "keep its mouth shut" after being "humiliated" by
27 January 2017