Sir Philip Green charged with assault in US
The British retail tycoon Philip Green has been charged with four counts of misdemeanor assault in the United States after an Arizona pilates instructor accused him of repeatedly
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US lobbying probes persist though Mueller investigation over
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in U.S. politics is over, but prosecutors are investigating two prominent Washington lobbyists for their work for
Man arrested after boy falls from balcony in Minnesota
A 5-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries on Friday after being thrown or pushed by an apparent stranger from a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’sMall of America, and a man
US set to send first group of asylum seekers back to Mexico
THE United States was expected to send a first group of 20 Central American asylum seekers back to Mexico through the border city of Tijuana on Friday
U.S. returns bells looted after Philippine wartime massacre
Church bells taken as war trophies by U.S. forces more than a century ago arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday, ending Manila’s decades-long quest for the return of some
U.S. federal judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, was unconstitutional based on its mandate requiring that people buy
Russia’s military build-up claims ‘absurd,’ State Department says
The US State Department rejected as absurd, Russian suggestions of a military build-up in Cyprus, accompanied by a threat to retaliate. A State Department spokesperson
US energy official to tour East Med
US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon will travel to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Nicosia, and Cairo starting Monday, November 11 to
Biles makes history with fourth all-around world title
Simone Biles defied a kidney stone to make history in Doha by becoming the first female gymnast to win four all-around world titles. Such is
Khashoggi case shows America’s collapsing Mideast clout
By Peter Apps When it comes to defining America’s quandary on Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump’s description is mercenary in the extreme. If Washington
President Trump’s war on trade
By Andonis Vassiliades ‘Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called Ego’ – Friedrich Nietzsche IN FEBRUARY 2017, writing in these pages, I
ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after TV star tweets racial slur
Walt Disney Co’s ABC network canceled the popular U.S. television comedy “Roseanne” on Tuesday after star Roseanne Barr compared a former Obama administration official to
Germany calls for ‘clear mandate’ in EU-US trade talks
European Union member states must give the EU trade commissioner a clear mandate for negotiations with the United States over a long-term exemption from U.S.
US trade deficit rises to near 9-1/2-year high in February
The US trade deficit increased to a near 9-1/2-year high in February, with both imports and exports rising to record highs in a sign of
Wall Street gives up 2018 gains amid tech selloff, trade fears
By Stephen Culp Wall Street shares nosedived on Monday, with the Dow falling to its lowest level of the year and the S&P 500 and
Trump declares DACA ‘dead,’ urges Congress to act on border
By Richard Cowan and Makini Brice President Donald Trump declared as “dead” on Monday a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally
Cyprus is a ‘slave’ to US in teen extradition case
The zealousness of the attorney general’s office has once again come under question over the speed and efficiency with which it appears to be working
Yemeni missiles: same story, different day
“We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is – a threat to the peace and security of the whole
Protests erupt in California after shooting of black man
About 200 demonstrators squared off with police in riot gear overnight in California’s capital and more protests are planned for Saturday, after a autopsy on
Two coalition personnel killed in Syria
A US service member and another person from the US-led coalition battling Islamic State were killed by an improvised explosive device in Syria, US officials
