Central American ex-presidents, MPs added to US graft list

The US State Department added nearly 40 people from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, including former presidents and judges, to a list published on Wednesday of “corrupt and undemocratic actors.”
20 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US soldier facing disciplinary action flees into North Korea

A US soldier has crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea, two US officials told Reuters yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump says he is a target in US 2020 election probe

Former US President Donald Trump said yesterday he had received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith stating that he is a target of a grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM

No surprise if N Korea conducts new nuke test: US

The United States would not be surprised if North Korea conducts another nuclear test, following the regime’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile this past week, a senior White House official said Sunday.
17 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US envoy calls for ‘urgent action’ on climate

US climate envoy John Kerry held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing yesterday, calling for “urgent action” as the two countries revived stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions.
17 July 2023, 18:00 PM

ICC opens new probe into Sudan violence

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a new probe into alleged war crimes in Sudan, its chief prosecutor Karim Khan said Thursday, expressing major concern over escalating violence.
14 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Black women in Americas face ‘systemic racism’: UN

Black women throughout the Americas -- and in particular the United States -- face health care mistreatment due to “systemic racism,” leading to high death rates during childbirth, the United Nations warned Wednesday.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US sanctions Serbian spy chief over corruption, drugs

The United States yesterday slapped sanctions on Serbia’s pro-Moscow intelligence chief and former defense minister for alleged corruption and involvement in drug trafficking.
11 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Heavy rains, flooding pummel US northeast

The northeastern United States was inundated yesterday with heavy rain and flooding across several states a day after storms and flash floods washed out highways and killed one person in New York state.
10 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US, India discuss regional stability

Regional stability and civilian security came up for discussion as senior US diplomat Uzra Zeya held talks with Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra in New Delhi today
10 July 2023, 13:56 PM

US-China ties on ‘surer footing’ after talks

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said 10 hours of meetings with senior Chinese officials in recent days were “direct” and “productive”, helping stabilise the superpowers’ often rocky relationship as her four-day Beijing trip ended.
9 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Six dead in private jet crash outside Los Angeles

All six people aboard a small jet died when the aircraft crashed and burned in a field near an airport near Los Angeles on Saturday, local and federal authorities said
9 July 2023, 03:12 AM

US destroys last chemical weapons: Biden

President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, a milestone hailed as completing the elimination around the world of all known stores of the agents of mass death.
8 July 2023, 18:00 PM

US to send cluster munitions to Ukraine

The United States announced yesterday that it would send Ukraine widely-banned cluster munitions as part of a security assistance package, a move Ukraine said would have an “extraordinary psycho-emotional impact” on occupying Russian forces.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM

10 dead, 38 wounded in three US mass shootings

Ten people were killed and 38 wounded in mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, prompting a fresh call from President Joe Biden to pass gun control legislation
5 July 2023, 05:58 AM

US woman lost and stuck in mud for several days found alive

A woman missing for more than a week was found alive, having been stuck in the mud in a state park for at least several days, US police in Massachusetts said Tuesday
5 July 2023, 04:33 AM

Rash of mass shootings kills 10 in US ahead of July 4 holiday

Mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth claimed the lives of 10 people ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, a grim illustration of the United States' decades-long failure to curb gun-fueled violence
4 July 2023, 15:41 PM

At least 3 killed, 8 wounded in Texas mass shooting

At least three people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting in Fort Worth, Texas, after a local festival, officials said on Tuesday, in the latest incident of gun violence around the Fourth of July holiday
4 July 2023, 13:54 PM

4 killed in Philadelphia shooting: local media

Four people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting on Monday night in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, local news media outlets reported, citing police
4 July 2023, 03:21 AM

Biden to travel to UK, NATO summit, Finland

US President Joe Biden has scheduled a diplomatic trip to Europe this month with stops in the United Kingdom, at the NATO summit in Lithuania and to attend meetings in Finland, the White House said yesterday.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM