Hillary Clinton tests Covid-19 positive, Bill in quarantine

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she has tested positive for Covid-19 with “mild” symptoms.
23 March 2022, 03:31 AM

US ready to make ‘difficult decisions’

A deal to restore the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear program is not imminent, but Washington is prepared to take “difficult decisions” to make it happen, State Department Spokesman Ned Price said Monday.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Four killed as US military plane crashes in Norway

All four US personnel aboard a military aircraft were killed when the plane crashed in a remote part of northern Norway on Friday during a Nato training exercise, the Norwegian armed forces said in a statement yesterday.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM

US spreading ‘disinformation’

Beijing yesterday accused Washington of spreading “disinformation” over China’s role in the Ukraine war, ahead of talks between the two countries’ envoys in Rome.
14 March 2022, 18:00 PM

US police say woman stabbed date as 'revenge' for killing of Iranian military leader Soleimani

A woman stabbed her date whom she had met online in retaliation for the 2020 death of an Iranian military leader killed in an American drone strike, police said.
14 March 2022, 09:57 AM

Barack Obama tests positive for Covid, says 'doing fine'

Former US President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other than a scratchy throat.
14 March 2022, 05:33 AM

22-year drive around the world

An Argentine family is about to finish the trip of a lifetime: they have covered five continents in a 1928 jalopy on an adventure that began in 2000, while bringing into the world and raising four kids who are now adolescents.
13 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Biden vows no WWIII

US President Joe Biden has vowed that Russia would pay a “severe price” if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine, while also pledging to avoid provoking Moscow into “World War III.”
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Risk worth taking’

The United States and Nato are shipping weapons into Ukraine at break-neck speed, including highly sensitive items such as shoulder-fired missiles called Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS) that can take down aircraft.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM

North Korea tests new ICBM system

Two recent missile tests conducted by North Korea were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, marking a “serious escalation” by Pyongyang that will be punished with fresh sanctions, a senior US official said Thursday.
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM

1st person to receive heart transplant from pig dies after 2 months

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.
9 March 2022, 19:31 PM

2 Americans back in US after release from Venezuela prison

Two Americans, including a former executive of the oil company Citgo, were back in the United States yesterday after being released from prison in Venezuela, just days after a high-level US delegation met with President Nicolas Maduro.
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Prince Andrew sex assault case closed

A sexual assault lawsuit brought in New York against Prince Andrew by his longtime accuser Virginia Giuffre has been formally dismissed after the disgraced
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Putin angry, aggrieved over Ukraine

US intelligence chiefs on Tuesday branded Russia’s Vladimir Putin an “angry,” isolated leader craving global clout, frustrated about how his Ukraine invasion has not gone to plan, and lobbing provocative nuclear threats at the West.
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM

US court finds Texas man guilty over role in Jan 6 Capitol attack

A Texas man who joined the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump supporters was found guilty for his role in the attack on Tuesday, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first such case to go before a jury.
8 March 2022, 19:23 PM

Top US general hails Ukraine defence

Top US General Mark Milley yesterday hailed the “very effective defence” being put up by Ukrainian forces as they battle invading Russian troops.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM

World Bank announces more than $1b in aid for Afghanistan

The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and international NGOs while remaining “outside the control” of the country’s Taliban rulers.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Putin has no idea what's coming: Biden tells US Congress

US President Joe Biden led a standing ovation on Tuesday in support of Ukrainians facing a Russian siege in a State of the Union speech he rewrote to assail President Vladimir Putin for what he called his "unprovoked and premeditated invasion."
2 March 2022, 04:24 AM

China so far not helping Russia

China so far does not appear to be helping Russia evade Western financial sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, but doing so would “do profound damage” to China’s reputation, a senior Biden Administration official said on Saturday.
27 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Russia ‘frustrated’

Russia’s invasion force is being slowed and frustrated by unexpectedly stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops, keeping them outside Kyiv, a senior US defense official said.
27 February 2022, 18:00 PM