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

Eight hurt in Ohio State campus attack

At least eight people were injured in an apparent car-ramming and knife attack at Ohio State University yesterday, triggering
28 November 2016

Three UN workers abducted in Darfur

Armed men have abducted three UN refugee agency staffers, including two foreigners, from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur
28 November 2016

Bomb defused near Manila US embassy

Police defused a bomb near the US embassy in the Philippine capital yesterday, with militants who had declared
28 November 2016

Trump, without evidence, says illegal voting cost him US popular vote

US President-elect Donald Trump says in a tweet that he won the popular vote in the November 8 election "if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally", though he provides no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
28 November 2016

3 California mosques receive hateful letters mentioning Trump

Hateful letters have been sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would "cleanse" the United States of Muslims.
27 November 2016

Clinton team to take part in US state vote recount

Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign will take part in a recount of Wisconsin votes in the US presidential race, an effort Republican winner Donald Trump called "ridiculous" on Saturday.
27 November 2016

Trump's shifting positions since US election win

After firing up crowds with boisterous and sometimes divisive campaign rhetoric, Donald Trump has appeared to moderate some stances since he won the US presidential election on November 8.
27 November 2016

Wisconsin agrees to recount vote

Wisconsin's election board agreed on Friday to conduct a statewide recount of votes cast in the presidential race, as requested by a
26 November 2016

I haven’t seen Himalayas but have seen Sheikh Mujib: Castro in 1973

Embracing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Non-Aligned Summit in Algiers in 1973, Fidel Castro remarked: "I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas."
26 November 2016

Fidel Castro dies

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, died on Friday, his younger brother announces to the nation. He was 90.
26 November 2016

Mexicans negative on Trump, but back talks with him: poll

An overwhelming majority of Mexicans hold a negative view of US President-elect Donald Trump, but most believe their own president should meet with him to defend the country's interests, an opinion poll shows.
26 November 2016

Battle surrounds Trump's secy of state pick

As families across a bitterly divided America gathered for Thanksgiving, a battle erupted Thursday in Donald Trump's camp
25 November 2016

Business booms at Trump Tower, nearby retailers hit by security and crowds

Trump souvenirs fly off the shelves at the billionaire's gift store, as businesses around the president-elect's glitzy New York home have had to deal with extra security.
25 November 2016

Trump's U-turns

US President-elect Donald Trump is sounding a different tune as he prepares to take on the mantle of the presidency.
24 November 2016

Trump picks activist for education secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate Betsy DeVos, a wealthy Republican campaigner for alternatives to public schools, as his education secretary.
24 November 2016

Obama pardons last turkey

President Barack Obama pardoned his last Thanksgiving turkey on Wednesday, an annual tradition that sees the US leader spare two birds -- the centerpiece of most holiday tables -- from the carving knife.
24 November 2016

Hillary Clinton's lead in popular vote nears 2m

As the Hillary Clinton campaign is being urged by scientists to recount vote totals in several states, the defeated democratic presidential candidate Clinton’s lead in popular vote is now nearing 2 million.
24 November 2016

'Sr Qaeda leader' killed in US strike in Syria

A US drone strike has killed a senior Egyptian al-Qaeda leader in Syria who previously operated in Afghanistan, the
23 November 2016

Colombia, Farc to sign new accord today

Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord today, after a previous agreement to end
23 November 2016

Obama's last Medals of Freedom

Basketball star Michael Jordan, actor Robert De Niro and music legend Bruce Springsteen were among the 21 people honored
23 November 2016