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29 Dec
Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said Sunday. Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia -- the same small town where…
23 Dec
The United States (US) said Monday it is opening an investigation into China's policies for its semiconductor industry, over concerns that Beijing is turning to "extensive anticompetitive and non-market means" to undermine other economies. The probe centers on foundational semiconductors -- which go into everything from cars to medical devices -- and whether China's actions…
17 Dec
The United States on Tuesday demanded that Iran free an Iranian-American journalist sentenced to 10 years in prison, in the first known arrest of an American by Tehran since a prisoner swap last year. Reza Valizadeh, who holds both Iranian and US citizenship and worked for US-funded Persian-language Radio Farda, was convicted of charges of…
17 Dec
Mexican drug kingpin Osiel Cardenas Guillen, former leader of the notorious Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas criminal gang, was deported
16 Dec
A student opened fire Monday at a school in the northern US state of Wisconsin, killing at least two people and injuring several others before apparently taking their own life, officials said. Shon Barnes, police chief in the state capital Madison, told a press briefing that three people had died at the Abundant Life Christian…
14 Dec
The United States said on Saturday it has made contact with Syria's victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, as Western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's comment on "direct contact" with the HTS rebels came despite the United States having designated the group…
14 Dec
Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent successful emergency hip-replacement surgery on Saturday after she sustained injuries during a visit to Luxembourg, her office said. "Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend," spokesperson Ian Krager said in a statement. Pelosi "is grateful to US military…
14 Dec
The United States has begun relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo and Washington said Saturday, after decades of mounting grievances among locals over America's military presence. In 2012, the United States said it would redeploy 9,000 Marines from the island where communities complain bases are an unfair burden -- with…
13 Dec
A Nigerian, Abiola Kayode, 37, who had been on the most wanted list of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been extradited from Ghana to Nebraska, U.S., following a Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud Indictment, filed in August 2019. According to a statement by the United States Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska,…
12 Dec
Syria's new leadership said on Thursday it was searching for abducted US journalist Austin Tice, and that it was ready to cooperate with Washington to look for Americans disappeared under ousted president Bashar al-Assad. READ ALSO: 34 bag first class as UNIMED graduates 634 students In 2022, US President Joe Biden accused Syria of holding…
12 Dec
Syria's interim government vowed on Thursday to institute the "rule of law" after years of abuses under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, as G7 powers pushed for an inclusive transition. Assad fled Syria after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and its allies, which brought a sudden end to five…
8 Dec
Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on hard-line campaign pledges to impose trade tariffs and carry out mass deportations while dangling the idea that the United States could withdraw from NATO. In his first formal television interview -- and just six weeks before he takes office -- Trump again signalled that US support for Ukraine will…
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