Bank of America agrees to pay $72.5 mn to settle Epstein sex-trafficking suit

Epstein committed suicide while being held at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019
28 March 2026, 09:46 AM

US deploys uncrewed drone boats for patrols

The United States has deployed uncrewed drone speedboats for patrols as part of its operations against Iran, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has confirmed using such vessels in an active conflict.
28 March 2026, 03:54 AM

Pentagon eyes Ukraine military aid shift to ME

The Pentagon is weighing whether to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the war in Iran strains supplies of some of the US military’s most critical munitions, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
28 March 2026, 03:51 AM

Trump’s name to mark US currency

US paper currency will bear President Donald Trump’s signature starting this summer, the first time a sitting president has signed American money, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
28 March 2026, 03:12 AM

Trump's Beijing trip rescheduled for May, after Iran delay

Trump said he was looking forward to the "monumental" trip, which was originally due to take place at the end of March
26 March 2026, 09:12 AM

US still deciding how to resume nuclear tests: official

The United States has not yet decided how it will resume nuclear testing, a senior official said Tuesday, after President Donald Trump ordered an end to a decades-old moratorium.
26 March 2026, 02:00 AM

US Senate confirms new Homeland Security chief, a Trump ally

Senators voted 54-45 for 48-year-old Republican Mullin, a former wrestler and martial arts fighter who previously served as a senator for Oklahoma
24 March 2026, 09:07 AM

Trump approved Iran operation after Netanyahu argued for joint killing of Khamenei, sources say

Throughout war planning, Netanyahu waged lobbying campaign in favor of Iran attack - though no proof it was decisive factor for US president
24 March 2026, 08:40 AM

Trump's Iran war rattles US swing voters ahead of midterms

At a breakfast diner in Pennsylvania, a swing state where voters often shift between parties, there was a mix of anger and confusion over the new conflict
21 March 2026, 10:25 AM

Iran fired missiles at joint US-UK base in Indian Ocean: report

Neither missile hit the target, which is around 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iranian territory, but the launch suggests that Tehran has missiles with longer ranges than previously thought, the report said
21 March 2026, 10:18 AM

Sri Lanka refused ground access to US warplanes

The request was turned down to maintain Sri Lanka's neutrality and ensure its territory was not used for any military purpose that could help or hinder either side, he told parliament
20 March 2026, 13:51 PM

Trump vows no more attacks by Israel on Iran gas field after it 'violently lashed out'

Trump warns Iran not to attack neighbours over Israel's South Pars strike
19 March 2026, 11:11 AM

US weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase

Options include securing Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island
19 March 2026, 10:24 AM

Trump issues threat again, Cuban leader vows ‘resistance’

Cuba’s leader on Tuesday said the US would face “unbreakable resistance” if it tries to take over the impoverished island nation, as communist authorities scrambled to fix a nationwide electricity blackout.
19 March 2026, 01:42 AM

Bring VOA employees back to work

A US federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to bring more than 1,000 Voice of America employees back to work and resume broadcasts by the government-funded media outlet.
19 March 2026, 01:38 AM
18 March 2026, 09:29 AM

Molten alien planet with sulfur atmosphere reveals hellscape

Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique hellscape - covered with a perpetual ocean of magma and enveloped by a noxious and fiercely hot sulfur-rich atmosphere.
18 March 2026, 02:34 AM

Trump upset as US partners reject call for Hormuz warship escorts

Several allies decline US call to escort shipping in Hormuz
17 March 2026, 09:50 AM

Democrats want answers on strikes

Nearly every US Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a “swift investigation” of airstrikes on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children and any other potential US military actions causing civilian harm.
15 March 2026, 01:18 AM

US offers reward for information on Iran's supreme leader, senior officials

The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about senior Iranian military and intelligence officials, including its new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba KhameneI
14 March 2026, 12:21 PM