Gaza humanitarian catastrophe looms, Blinken condemns Hamas depravity
Gaza moved closer to a humanitarian catastrophe on Thursday as the death toll rose and vital supplies ran low, while Israel massed tanks on the enclave’s border ahead of ...
Israel-Hamas war upends Biden’s two-pronged Mideast strategy
Until last weekend, the Biden administration was counting on the Middle East to remain relatively calm while it quietly pursued its main policy goals there: brokering Israeli-Saudi detente and containing ...
‘An act of sheer evil’: Biden pledges support for Israel, American Jews in speech
President Joe Biden on Tuesday denounced Hamas, calling the surprise attack on Israel launched by the Palestinian militant group “an act of sheer evil,” and stressed U.S. support for ...
Russia accuses US of nuclear testing site activity
Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of carrying out preparatory work at a nuclear testing site in Nevada but said that Moscow would not restart its own nuclear testing ...
San Francisco police fatally shoot driver of car that crashed into Chinese consulate
Law enforcement officers fatally shot the driver of a vehicle that plowed through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and into the lobby of the building’s visa office on ...
US job growth smashes expectations raising prospects for rate hikes
US job growth surged in September, suggesting that the labor market remains strong enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, though wage growth is moderating.
Nonfarm ...
Trump says US presidents immune from charges in challenge to election case
Donald Trump, seeking to dismiss the federal case accusing him of trying to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election, argued on Thursday that he cannot be prosecuted because U....
US jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria, Pentagon says
The United States on Thursday shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an ...
In reversal, Biden to build more US border wall, Trump demands apology
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, a reversal that embraces a signature ...
US FDA panel gives thumbs down on approval for Amgen lung cancer drug
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday found that data from a late-stage trial was not reliable enough to support traditional approval of Amgen’s AMGN....
Biden says he is worried Republican infighting could hurt Ukraine aid
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is worried Republican infighting in Congress could hurt Ukraine aid and promised to deliver a speech soon to outline why ...
Canada apologizes for honor awarded to ex-Nazi soldier in 1987
Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon has apologized for a top Canadian honor awarded in 1987 to a former Nazi soldier who moved to Canada after World War Two and went ...
US Supreme Court mulls limiting disability bias lawsuits
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday raised concerns about lawsuits targeting hotels and other places of lodging for omitting details in their reservation systems about accessibility features for people ...
Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took shape on Wednesday as Steve Scalise, the chamber’s No.2 Republican, and Jim Jordan, a leading antagonist of Democratic President ...
Kevin McCarthy ousted by US House Republicans in historic vote
A handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it ...
Canada picks first Black House speaker
Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold the post after the previous ...
US senators examine TikTok hiring of ByteDance executives
Two US senators said they were investigating short video sharing app TikTok’s reported decision recently to hire several high-level executives from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
Senators Richard Blumenthal, ...
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges in Delaware court
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he lied about his drug use while buying a handgun, in the first-ever criminal prosecution ...
Pennsylvania mummy ‘Stoneman Willie’ to receive proper burial after 128 years
A mummified man known as Stoneman Willie will receive a proper burial after being on display at a funeral home in Reading, Pennsylvania, for 128 years.
The unidentified man was an ...
El Chapo’s sons going ‘soft’; fentanyl production and sale banned in Sinaloa?
A powerful faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by the sons of ex-Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has banned fentanyl production and sales in Sinaloa, according to roadside ...
Trump reaped over $100 million through fraud, New York says as trial starts
A defiant Donald Trump attacked New York’s attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, with a state lawyer accusing the former ...
US bond market signals the end of an era
The US bond market is calling a moment: the age of low interest rates and inflation that began with the 2008 financial crisis has ended. What follows is unclear.
The market’...
Criminal trial of US Senator Bob Menendez set for May 6
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s trial on corruption charges will begin in May, a federal judge in New York said on Monday.
The Democratic senator for New Jersey has ...
10,000 migrants reach US border daily, highlighting need to address root causes, Mexico says
Some 10,000 migrants and asylum seekers arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border daily last week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday, amid record numbers of people moving ...