Russia, China veto US push for UN action on Israel, Gaza
Russia and China vetoed on Wednesday a U.S.-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution on the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The draft ...
Hurricane Otis batters Mexico’s Acapulco after hitting as Category 5 storm (Updated)
Hurricane Otis roared into the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco as a Category 5 storm early on Wednesday, battering hotels and sending tourists running for cover as it pummeled the southern ...
Israel agrees to U.S. request to delay Gaza invasion- WSJ
Israel has agreed to delay an expected invasion of Gaza for now so that the United States can rush missile defences to the region to protect U.S. troops there, ...
Russia sends fighter jets as two US bombers, drone approach its border
Russia scrambled fighter jets to intercept two US bombers and a drone which approached Russia’s northern and southern borders on Tuesday, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.
According to the ...
US House Republicans try again to pick a leader
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowed their options as they tried to fill a leadership vacuum that has paralyzed the chamber for three weeks and ...
US Senator Menendez pleads not guilty to foreign agent charge
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government.
Federal ...
No direct Iran order for proxies to attack US troops, Pentagon says
The United States has not seen a direct order from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to attack U.S. troops in the region, the Pentagon said on Monday ...
Kremlin says US can’t build ‘new world order’ that Biden spoke of
The Kremlin said on Monday that it agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden on the need to build a “new world order”, but that it disagreed that the United ...
Corporate America weighs risks of the Ozempic effect
US companies across sectors such as food and beverage makers and manufacturers of glucose monitors have faced investor questions over the risk to future sales from the growing popularity of ...
Hamas frees U.S. hostages Judith and Natalie Raanan held in Gaza
The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israeli Prime Minister ...
EU, US to keep talking about tariffs as war in Israel and Ukraine overshadow talks
U.S. and European Union trade negotiators failed to reach deals to settle longstanding trade disputes in the run-up to a summit at the White House on Friday, but Washington ...
Hundreds rally in New York City to demand release of Hamas hostages
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to demand the release of hostages taken by Hamas, as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to ...
Biden to seek billions in military aid for Israel as invasion of Gaza nears
U.S. President Joe Biden asked Americans to spend billions more dollars to help Israel fight Hamas while Israel’s defence chief told his troops to be ready to go ...
Navy warship near Yemen intercepted projectiles -Pentagon
A U.S. Navy warship on Thursday intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement from Yemen potentially toward Israel, the Pentagon said.
Washington is ...
Rockets, drones hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces -security sources
Drones and rockets targeted on Thursday evening the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. and other international forces in western Iraq, and multiple blasts were heard inside the ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Biden for ATACM missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for supplying long-range ATACMS missiles and Kyiv’s foreign minister said the military would be ...
Fractured US House Republicans to try again to elect a leader
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a third vote to elect a speaker on Thursday, in an attempt to overcome divisions that have immobilized the leaderless ...
US reports deal with Egypt to restart aid to Gaza as protests rock Middle East
Egypt agreed to reopen its border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow aid to reach Palestinians, the U.S. said, as the humanitarian crisis worsened for the 2.3 million people ...
US releases asylum seekers on the streets. Some suburbs bear the burden
Overwhelmed by record numbers of asylum seekers from around the world, U.S. border officials have released thousands of migrants on streets in the San Diego area the past month, ...
Biden to visit Israel as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens
US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to show support for its war on Hamas after Washington said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to let humanitarian aid ...
Trump pledges to expel immigrants who support Hamas, ban Muslims from the US
Donald Trump promised that if elected president again he will bar immigrants who support Hamas from entering the U.S. and send officers to pro-Hamas protests to arrest and deport ...
Russia is revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty – parliament speaker
Russia is revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty because the irresponsible attitude of the United States to global security, the speaker of the lower house of the ...
160 evacuating from Haifa to Limassol port (Updated)
A cruise ship with around 160 people that has sailed from the Israeli port of Haifa is expected to arrive at the port of Limassol early on Tuesday.
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Putin: suggestions of US war against Russia and China nonsense
President Vladimir Putin said that suggestions the United States should prepare for a war against Russia and China were nonsense, and warned the West that any war against Russia would ...