United States
5 Sep 2023
A US federal court threw out Alabama's newly redrawn electoral map Tuesday, saying it continues to deny fair political representation to Black Americans in violation of a Supreme Court ruling.
25 Aug 2023
A senior US official headed Friday to West Africa in a new diplomatic bid to find a way to reverse a month-old military takeover in Niger.
25 Aug 2023
Former president Donald Trump posted his police mugshot on X, the former Twitter, on Thursday after his arrest in Georgia, his first post on the platform since January 2021.
25 Aug 2023
A retired cop upset over his failed marriage opened fire at his wife and others at a southern California bar popular with bikers, killing three people and wounding six, authorities said Thursday.
25 Aug 2023
Former US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on a $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken.
25 Aug 2023
The United States on Thursday accused Zimbabwe's authorities of undermining their election by arresting poll monitors and demanded their release.
24 Aug 2023
Donald Trump is to surrender on racketeering charges and likely have his mugshot taken at a Georgia jail on Thursday, setting the stage for a fourth criminal trial next year as he bids to reclaim the White House.
23 Aug 2023
Eight Republican presidential candidates face off for the first primary debate of the 2024 cycle Wednesday -- with frontrunner Donald Trump bidding to steal the spotlight despite spurning the showdown. The former president announced at the weekend that he would not be in Milwaukee for the two-hour event, depriving a chasing pack of rivals --…
22 Aug 2023
A top US official said Tuesday that the war in Ukraine has not bogged down into a stalemate, amid increasing concerns about the slow territorial gains of Kyiv's counteroffensive. "No, we do not assess that the conflict is a stalemate," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in reply to a reporter's question. He…
22 Aug 2023
US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo will visit China from August 27 to 30, Beijing and Washington said Tuesday. "Secretary Raimondo looks forward to constructive discussions on issues relating to the US-China commercial relationship, challenges faced by US businesses, and areas for potential cooperation," the US Department of Commerce said in a statement. She will travel…
22 Aug 2023
North Korea is planning to launch another satellite just three months after its first attempt to put a military eye in the sky failed, prompting condemnation from Tokyo and Seoul on Tuesday and demands to call it off. The launch is set to take place between August 24 and 31, Pyongyang told Japan's coast guard…
18 Aug 2023
US President Joe Biden on Friday will announce new security cooperation with Japan and South Korea including joint exercises at a first-of-a-kind three-way summit with their leaders that has already rattled China. The summit at the Camp David presidential retreat would have been unimaginable until recently, with the two treaty-bound allies -- together the base…