Guaido returns to Venezuela

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido received a hero's welcome from thousands of flag-waving supporters chanting "Yes, you can!" as he returned to Caracas on
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Hillary rules out another presidential run in 2020

Hillary Clinton has for the first time ruled out running for president in 2020. "I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," Clinton said Monday in an interview with News 12, a local TV channel in New York.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Democrats launch sweeping probe

US Democratic lawmakers has launched their most ambitious investigation yet into alleged obstruction of justice and abuse of office by Donald Trump, targeting dozens of individuals in the president's inner circle.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

House launches Trump probe

The House Judiciary Committee will seek documents from more than 60 people and organizations as it begins investigations into possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Donald Trump, the panel's chairman said on Sunday.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Bill Clinton has 2020 advice

Nearly 20 years after he left the White House, Bill Clinton is still sought after for advice by some Democrats running for president. But the names on his dance card in recent months underscore how much his standing in the party has changed.
4 March 2019, 11:35 AM

23 dead in Alabama tornado

At least 23 people, some of them children, died after a tornado swept through Lee County, Alabama, and the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers searched through the rubble of destroyed homes, authorities say.
4 March 2019, 04:28 AM

N Korea has no economic future with nuke weapons

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint large scale spring military exercises.
3 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump slams Mueller, mocks critics in fiery two-hour speech

US President Donald Trump attacks Special Counsel Robert Mueller ahead of his report on alleged Russia collusion by the Trump campaign in 2016.
3 March 2019, 04:29 AM

US, S Korea to scale down drills

The United States and South Korea are expected to announce that they will not carry out large-scale spring joint military exercises,
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM

US cranks up pressure on Venezuela with sanctions

The United States on Friday ramped up its attempt to dislodge Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, imposing new
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Assault launched on last IS enclave

US-backed forces launched an attack on Friday to evict Islamic State from its last territorial bastion and seal four years of international
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM

'He lied' and 'no collusion'

US President Donald Trump sought again to discredit Michael Cohen yesterday after his former long-time lawyer's bombshell congressional testimony in which he called Trump a racist and a conman.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM

NKorea's Kim says ready to denuclearise, discussing concrete steps

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is willing to give up his nuclear weapons and he would not be holding a second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam if he were not.
28 February 2019, 03:37 AM

Trump a 'racist', 'conman'

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen told Congress that the president is a "racist" and "conman" and knew in advance that WikiLeaks would publish dirt on Hillary Clinton, US media reported.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM

China, Russia urge against military action

The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers voiced their opposition to military action in Venezuela yesterday, as President Nicolas Maduro faces increasing pressure from the United States to step down.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM

House strikes down Trump's emergency

The US House of Representatives dealt a blow to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, approving a resolution blocking him from obtaining funding for a Mexican border wall through his declaration of a national emergency.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM

US urges India, Pakistan to avoid military action

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks separately with the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan and urges them to avoid “further military activity” following an air strike by India inside Pakistan.
27 February 2019, 06:27 AM

US trying to bring war to S America

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the American government of manufacturing a crisis in an attempt to start a war in South America, in an interview broadcast on Monday.
26 February 2019, 18:00 PM

US won't rush on denuclearisation

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un hold a second summit this week with no real expectation of a final deal on ridding the North of nuclear weapons but hope raised yesterday for an official peace on the peninsula at long last.
25 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Maduro's days are numbered

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday expressed confidence that embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's "days are numbered," amid a violent impasse over humanitarian aid.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM