US, S Korea send North Korea missile warning

South Korea and the United States fired off missiles yesterday simulating a precision strike against North Korea's leadership, in response to a landmark ICBM test described by Kim Jong-Un as a gift to "American bastards".
5 July 2017, 18:10 PM

NY cop shot, killed in police vehicle

A New York officer was shot and killed yesterday while sitting in a marked police vehicle in what authorities called an "unprovoked attack"
5 July 2017, 18:08 PM

US pullout gives 'global push' to climate deal

The US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has given a "global push" to the deal, as other
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Opposition in fresh bid to take House

Maldives opposition parties yesterday launched a new bid to seize control of parliament through a third attempt to
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Central America hit by massive power outages

A huge power outage plunged millions of people across Central America into darkness Saturday, as authorities from
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Forces breech Syria's Raqa from south

US-backed fighters pierced jihadist-held Raqa from the south for the first time yesterday, crossing the Euphrates
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

'It's modern day presidential'

President Donald Trump defended his aggressive use of Twitter on Saturday just hours after firing off his latest
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump to speak with China, Japan leaders on N Korea

President Donald Trump was scheduled to speak by telephone with the leaders of China and Japan yesterday b, in
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

American Muslims decry Trump harsh travel ban

American Muslim leaders Friday decried Donald Trump's rhetoric towards their community and predicted the president's travel ban
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

'Dumb as a rock' journalist

President Donald Trump yesterday fired off another volley in his escalating feud with the US media, aiming a Twitter tirade at CNN,
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

US appeals court throws out lawsuit

A US federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by the families of two Yemeni men allegedly killed as innocent bystanders in a
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

17 wounded in US nightclub shooting

Seventeen people were wounded in a nightclub shootup in the southern US state of Arkansas, police said yesterday.
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

'Patience is over' with N Korea

President Donald Trump declared that the US had run out of patience with North Korea over its nuclear drive Friday as he welcomed
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

China-US relations sour

Relations between China and the United States soured yesterday as Beijing fumed over US arms sales to Taiwan and US sanctions
30 June 2017, 18:00 PM

US to toughen airline security

The United States announced Wednesday it would implement tough new security rules for all airlines flying into the country, but held off
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump's travel ban to take partial effect in US

US President Donald Trump's order to block arrivals from six mainly Muslim countries takes partial effect yesterday after he won a
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Samsung inks deal for US$380m factory in South Carolina

Samsung Electronics officially announces that the company will build a home appliance factory with US$380 million worth of investment in South Carolina, marking the company’s first major investment in the US since it relocated production facilities for US exports to Mexico in the early 1990s.
29 June 2017, 04:45 AM

Driver rams his car into Brazil's presidential residence

A driver rammed his car through the gates of Brazil's presidential residence and was arrested, security forces say, though President Michel Temer was not inside the building.
29 June 2017, 04:11 AM

US, France set Syria redline

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed Tuesday on a joint response in the
28 June 2017, 18:00 PM

1989 Hillsborough disaster: 6 charged

Four former senior policemen were among six people charged yesterday over the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster
28 June 2017, 18:00 PM