Washington, Sept 2. (dpa/GNA) – US President Donald Trump, has floated the idea of renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself on his Truth…
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Former gang leader found guilty of 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur
Washington, Sept 1. (dpa/GNA) – Former gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of US rapper…
Senior Republican: Andrew should face investigation for US sex crimes
Washington, Sept 1. (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be investigated and prosecuted for sex crimes in the US, Congress has been told. The…
Trump hails ‘large and powerful’ US attacks on Iran
Washington/Tehran, Sept 1, (dpa/GNA) – The United States is attacking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.…
More than 20 unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flooding
Washington, Aug 31. (dpa/GNA) – More than 20 people are unaccounted for, after flash flooding swept through parts of Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park,…
Oil prices surge as US-Iran escalation raises new Hormuz fears
Washington, Aug 31. (dpa-AFX/GNA) – Oil prices rose sharply on Monday, as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran fuelled renewed fears of…
Reports: US military attacks Iran for first time since late July
Washington, Aug 31. (dpa/GNA) – The US military has launched attacks on Iran for the first time since late July, targeting rocket launchers on…
Meta settles child addiction case, agrees to changes for young users
Washington, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to pay nearly $16.7 billion to settle a US…
US to provide $500,000 in aid after deadly Nepal floods
Washington, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – The US government will provide $500,000 in disaster assistance to people, affected by severe flash floods in Nepal, the…
Long-awaited trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind set for 2028
Washington, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – The trial of the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks and other co-defendants is set to begin…
Reports: CIA chief warned Russia against attacking NATO allies
Washington, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, warned Russia against attacking NATO allies during a…
Dolly Parton, queen of country music and humanitarian hero, dead at 80
Aug 25 (CNN/GNA) – Dolly Parton, who rose from humble beginnings to the greatest heights of American music and became one of the country’s…
Trump says Canada wants ‘benefits’ of being US state after trade talks collapse
Aug 24 (BBC/GNA) – US President Donald Trump has said Canada wants “the benefits of being a state, without being one” after trade talks…
Mexican fishermen rescued after five days adrift in cool box at sea
Mexico, Aug 21. City (dpa/GNA) – Two shipwrecked fishermen in Mexico have been rescued, after spending five days adrift in a cool storage box…
US sanctions ICC president and senior prosecutor amid campaign to dismantle the international court
Aug 19 (CNN/GNA) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio targeted two International Criminal Court officials with new sanctions Tuesday amid his campaign to “dismantle”…
Trump threatens to bomb Oman amid stalled Iran talks
Washington, Aug 17. (dpa/GNA) – President Donald Trump, lashed out at Oman on Monday, threatening to bomb the Gulf state if it “gets in…
Hurricane Lala batters Hawaii, tens of thousands cut from power grid
New York, Aug 16. (dpa/GNA) – Hurricane Lala has brought destructive winds and heavy rainfall to Hawaii’s largest island, Big Island, the US National…
Colombia quake death toll rises to 294
BOGOTA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua/GNA) – The death toll from the recent magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Colombia rose to 294 on Saturday, with 3,935 people injured,…
One killed in U.S. Kentucky shooting
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (Xinhua/GNA) — One person was killed and five were injured on Saturday, in a shooting in Lexington, the U.S. state…
Death toll from earthquake in Colombia rises to 265
Mexico City, Aug. 13 (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from the severe earthquake in Colombia has risen to 265, President Abelardo de la Espriella…