US to support Haiti police and deliver aid to counter gangs (Updated)
The United States on Wednesday said it will boost support for the Haitian police as they battle armed gangs and will speed up delivery of aid to a country suffering ...
Trump loses bid to delay rape accuser’s lawsuit ahead of deposition
Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to delay a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her, ahead of a deposition of ...
U.S. expedites shipment of NASAMS air defences, Ukraine receives first of four German air defence systems
The United States is speeding up the shipment of sophisticated NASAMS air defences to Ukraine, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday, after a devastating missile ...
British businessman charged over helping Russian oligarch evade U.S. sanctions
British businessman Graham Bonham-Carter was arrested on U.S. charges of conspiring to violate sanctions placed on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Bonham-Carter was arrested in the ...
South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a ...
Biden congratulates Israel, Lebanon on maritime border deal
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with the leaders of Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday to congratulate them over what the United States sees as a historic breakthrough over the ...
Russia warns of uncontrolled escalation in case of greater Western involvement in Ukraine
Russia will respond to the West’s growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict although direct conflict with NATO is not in Moscow’s interests, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said ...
Senior US senator blasts Riyadh for ‘supporting a war criminal’, wants ‘freeze’ on Saudi cooperation
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for a freeze on cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including most arms sales, accusing the kingdom of helping underwrite ...
UAE president to meet Russia’s Putin to discuss Ukraine
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan will travel to Russia on Tuesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, UAE state news agency WAM reported on Monday.
UAE’...
Julia kills 14 in Central America as it churns toward Mexico
The death toll from Tropical storm Julia rose to at least 14 on Monday, officials said, with victims confirmed in El Salvador and Honduras, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall ...
JPMorgan CEO Dimon warns of recession in 6 to 9 months – CNBC
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the United States and the global economy could tip into a recession by the middle of the next year, ...
Biden condemns Russian missile strikes, says U.S. will continue to impose costs
U.S. President Joe Biden condemned Monday’s widespread Russian missile attacks in Ukraine, saying they targeted civilians and served no military purpose, and vowed that the United States and ...
Hurricane Julia hits Nicaragua with high winds
Hurricane Julia slammed into Nicaragua on Sunday carrying top winds of up to 85 miles per hour (140 kph) and a storm surge, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, warning of ...
Dozens of Mexico students mysteriously poisoned
At least 57 students were poisoned by an unidentified substance in a rural secondary school in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, according to local authorities.
The mass poisoning on Friday ...
Exclusive: U.S. Navy jet flew across Baltic hours after Nord Stream burst
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flew near the site of the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea hours after the first damage emerged, according to tracking reviewed ...
Chile’s Easter Island ‘Moai’ statues face irreparable damage after wildfire
A number of Easter Island’s iconic ‘Moai’ stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island’s mayor told Reuters on ...
Biden says Putin’s nuclear threat brings risk of ‘armageddon’ (wrapup)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to “Armageddon” than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U....
Biden overhauls US policy on marijuana, pardons prior federal offenses
President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul U.S. policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiating a review ...
California family kidnapped on Monday found dead
Four members of a California family, including an 8-month-old girl, were found dead in a rural area on Wednesday after they were abducted in the city of Merced on Monday, ...
US believes Ukrainians behind killing of Dugina in Russia
United States intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government approved a car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, ...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning UN meeting, US drills
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in the direction of Japan, after the return of a U.S. aircraft carrier to the region and ...
OPEC+ agrees deep oil production cuts, Biden calls it shortsighted
OPEC+ agreed steep oil production cuts on Wednesday, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S. administration called ...
Baldwin settles with slain ‘Rust’ cinematographer’s family
Actor Alec Baldwin and the producers of the Western “Rust” have reached a settlement with the family of the movie’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who Baldwin shot dead during filming ...
Texas to execute inmate who won religious rights case
A Texas inmate at the centre of a legal battle over religious rights of those facing execution in the United States was scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday ...