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US cops shot dead responding to 911 call

US cops shot dead responding to 911 call

-- 2018-02-11 14:55:39

Two police officers in the mid-western US state of Ohio was shot to death while responding to a 911 call at the Columbus suburb of Westerville on Saturday, officials said. A suspect was wounded in th...

US Grand Canyon chopper crash kills three tourists

US Grand Canyon chopper crash kills three tourists

-- 2018-02-11 12:32:07

Three people have been killed and four others wounded after a tourist helicopter crashed in the United States’ one of the top tourist destinations, Grand Canyon on Saturday, Arizona media and a...

Disaster relief, Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico

Disaster relief, Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico

-- 2018-02-10 13:23:08

US Congress voted for a bipartisan spending package to end a brief government shutdown. The Senate and House approved nearly $90 billion  in recovery aid for Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, F...

Venezuelan exodus: Colombia beef up security on border

Venezuelan exodus: Colombia beef up security on border

-- 2018-02-10 09:52:53

Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to border crossings with Colombia after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced a tightening of controls. Only those who have registered for a special bo...

Pence skips Olympic dinner with N Korean

Pence skips Olympic dinner with N Korean

-- 2018-02-09 23:00:59

US Vice-President Mike Pence has skipped a dinner at which he was due to share a table with North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam. Mr Pence briefly encountered Mr Kim on Friday but they...

Pence gives Kim’s sister cold shoulder

Pence gives Kim’s sister cold shoulder

-- 2018-02-09 22:06:20

US Vice President Pence dismissed gave North Korea a cold shoulder during the opening ceremony at Winter Olympics on Friday in PyeongChang. The opening ceremony marks the historical handshake among...

US government reopens after Trump signs budget deal   

US government reopens after Trump signs budget deal  

-- 2018-02-09 21:11:23

US President Donald Trump signed a major budget deal into law early Friday morning, hours after Congress voted to end a brief government shutdown overnight. The House of Representatives voted 240-186...

US govt shuts down again

US govt shuts down again

-- 2018-02-09 16:53:07

The US government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up...

Mexico captures drug cartel leader 'Z43'

Mexico captures drug cartel leader 'Z43'

-- 2018-02-09 13:11:07

Mexican authorities have captured Los Zetas drug cartel member and faction leader Jose Maria Guizar, also known as “Z43”, two security sources said on Thursday. The US State Department ha...

US dismisses fears of wider war in Syria

US dismisses fears of wider war in Syria

-- 2018-02-09 11:01:17

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader conflict in Syria, after a major clash with pro-Syrian government forces overnigh...

Pence seeks peaceful solution to N Korea crisis

Pence seeks peaceful solution to N Korea crisis

-- 2018-02-08 12:37:15

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday the United States wants to peacefully dismantle North Korea’s nuclear programme. But he warned Pyongyang not to underestimate US military strength...

Senior Trump aide quits amid abuse allegations

Senior Trump aide quits amid abuse allegations

-- 2018-02-08 09:50:46

US White House staff secretary Rob Porter said he would resign following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. On Wednesday, he did not clarify when his resignation would be effective....

Trump calls for another shutdown over immigration deal

Trump calls for another shutdown over immigration deal

-- 2018-02-07 13:50:31

President Donald Trump has said he would "love to see" the US government shut down if Congress does not agree an immigration deal. "If we don't change it let's have a shutdown. We'll do a shutdown, a...

Assailants shoot Mexico president's cousin dead

Assailants shoot Mexico president's cousin dead

-- 2018-02-07 13:26:39

A distant relative of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was killed in the leader’s home city of Atlacomulco in the state of Mexico, the state prosecutors and president’s offices said on...

Trudeau faces criticism over ‘peoplekind’ comment

Trudeau faces criticism over ‘peoplekind’ comment

-- 2018-02-07 11:58:17

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a backlash for correcting a woman who used the term ‘mankind’. During a town hall event in Edmonton, Alberta, last week, Trudeau interrupt...

Russia shielding Syria chemical attacks, US accuses

Russia shielding Syria chemical attacks, US accuses

-- 2018-02-06 10:29:07

US Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Russia of protecting Syrian President Bashar Assad from responsibility for what she said were multiple chlorine gas attacks on civilians in recent weeks. Haley told...

Deadly US train crash kills two, injures over 100

Deadly US train crash kills two, injures over 100

-- 2018-02-05 11:47:02

At least two people were killed and more than 100 others wounded when an Amtrak train, travelling from New York to Miami, was diverted onto a side track and slammed into a parked, unmanned freight tra...

Mexico cockfight club shootout claims six lives

Mexico cockfight club shootout claims six lives

-- 2018-02-05 11:01:10

Six people have been killed and 14 others wounded when gunmen opened fire at a clandestine cockfight arena in the Chihuahua state capital in northern Mexico, authorities say. The state prosecutor's o...

Venezuelan exodus: Colombia opens border shelter for refugees

Venezuelan exodus: Colombia opens border shelter for refugees

-- 2018-02-04 13:34:05

Colombia's government has opened its first shelter for Venezuelans who are pouring across the border in ever-larger numbers to escape their nation's economic crisis. The bare-bones shelter opened Sat...

Ryan deletes tweet praising a paltry pay rise

Ryan deletes tweet praising a paltry pay rise

-- 2018-02-04 10:46:48

US House Speaker Paul Ryan deleted a tweet on Saturday cheering a $1.50 increase to a Pennsylvania school secretary’s weekly pay because of a $1.5 trillion tax cut after it drew criticism that h...

Mexico  finds 300 migrants in riskily cramped trucks

Mexico finds 300 migrants in riskily cramped trucks

-- 2018-02-04 00:00:00

Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor-trailers were rescued in two Gulf coast states, Mexican authorities reported on Saturday. A statement from...

Democrats against firing special counsel to avoid crisis

Democrats against firing special counsel to avoid crisis

-- 2018-02-03 17:21:40

Senior Democrats have warned US President Donald Trump not to use a controversial memo as a "pretext" to fire a special counsel. The special council is assigned with the task to investigate alleged R...

China accuses US of disrespect

China accuses US of disrespect

-- 2018-02-03 16:13:47

China accused the United States of disrespecting Latin America after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned countries in the region against excessive reliance on economic ties with China. Tillers...

US plans to expand nuke capabilities

US plans to expand nuke capabilities

-- 2018-02-03 10:48:59

Concerned about Russia’s growing tactical nuclear weapons, the United States will expand its nuclear capabilities, a policy document released on Friday said. This is a move some critics say cou...

Trump now attacks FBI

Trump now attacks FBI

-- 2018-02-02 21:58:20

US President Donald Trump on Friday has accused top officials of politicising FBI and justice department investigations to damage his Republican party. Trump’s accusation came prior to his expe...

US court sentences ex-accountant to death for daughters' deaths

US court sentences ex-accountant to death for daughters' deaths

-- 2018-02-02 12:08:36

A former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone has been put to death in Texas. John David Battaglia received let...

Fidel’s son commits suicide

Fidel’s son commits suicide

-- 2018-02-02 10:09:59

The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media rep...

Archaeologists discover Mayan cities under Guatemala jungle

Archaeologists discover Mayan cities under Guatemala jungle

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Mayan ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough. Laser technology was used to survey digitally beneath the forest canopy, revealing hous...

Adverse weather puts half of US military sites at risk: Pentagon

Adverse weather puts half of US military sites at risk: Pentagon

-- 2018-02-01 17:37:01

Nearly half of US military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change, according to a Pentagon study whose findings run contrary to White House views on global warming, reports Reut...

White House stresses on merit-based immigration for US economy

White House stresses on merit-based immigration for US economy

-- 2018-02-01 17:10:03

The flood of low-skilled immigrants into the US has suppressed wages, harmed American workers and strained federal resources, the White House said, a day after President Donald Trump called for a meri...