BBC 2018-04-19 13:33:02
US aviation authorities are to order inspections of jet engines after a mid-air explosion that punctured an airliner's window, killing a passenger. The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday sa...
-- 2018-04-19 12:54:18
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hoped an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be successful after a recent visit to Pyongyang by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, but...
-- 2018-04-19 12:37:00
Puerto Rico has suffered an island-wide power outage nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed much of the island’s infrastructure and power grid. The US territory’s power autho...
-- 2018-04-19 11:32:32
An era will end in Communist-run Cuba on Thursday when President Raul Castro retires, likely handing over the reins to his right hand man Miguel Diaz-Canel, born the year after brothers Fidel and Raul...
-- 2018-04-18 13:17:53
CIA director Mike Pompeo, who is US President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, recently travelled to Pyongyang for a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, US media report....
FE Online Desk 2018-04-18 11:02:21
An engine on a US passenger jet with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a shattered window, according to airline and federal...
Reuters 2018-04-18 10:22:53
Former US first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesday, the Bush family said. She was 92. Bush was the wife of the 41st president,...
-- 2018-04-17 11:11:14
The Canadian government has recalled families of its diplomatic staff in the Cuban capital, Havana. The move comes as 10 Canadians continue to show unexplained brain symptoms, government officials sa...
-- 2018-04-16 22:18:09
Seven inmates were killed and at least 17 others were seriously injured after fights broke out between prisoners inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina. Prisons spokesman Jeff Taillon ann...
-- 2018-04-16 18:38:05
US President Donald Trump wants to bring troops back from Syria as soon as possible but not before their ‘goals’ are fulfilled, said the White House. Earlier, the French president said h...
-- 2018-04-16 10:21:38
Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is a man "morally unfit to be president", who treats women like "pieces of meat". Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since...
-- 2018-04-15 20:24:50
A prominent US lawyer has died after setting himself on fire in a New York park in a protest against climate change. The remains of David Buckel, 60, were found in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. In a su...
-- 2018-04-15 20:23:16
Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson apologised late on Saturday for the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop last week, which sparked accusations of racial profiling. Promising...
-- 2018-04-15 12:24:23
With the latest US missile strikes, President Donald Trump appears to have reset America’s red line for military intervention in Syria over the use of chemical weapons. What’s unclear is...
-- 2018-04-15 10:01:39
The United States urged regional leaders on Saturday to take stronger steps to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as it joined a declaration condemning the worsening humanitarian crisis an...
-- 2018-04-14 14:52:16
US President Donald Trump's top lawyer is under criminal investigation, the US justice department has announced. Prosecutors say they are focusing on Michael Cohen's business dealings rather than his...
-- 2018-04-14 13:48:03
About 10 days ago, US President Donald Trump told national security aides that he wanted US forces out of Syria in six months or so, adamant that it was time to bring them home after largely defeating...
-- 2018-04-13 16:39:49
A top American military leader has identified China as ‘one of the central challenges’ to the country’s national security, and told US lawmakers that the Pentagon has developed a glo...
-- 2018-04-12 19:10:58
Fears of a military confrontation between Russia and the West ran high on Thursday but US President Donald Trump cast doubt over the timing of his threatened strike on Syria in response to a reported...
-- 2018-04-12 11:25:52
US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans with mid-term elections looming. Congress’ most powerful lawmaker said he woul...
-- 2018-04-12 10:51:00
The US says "all options are on the table" in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, as Western leaders continue to weigh up military action. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders...
-- 2018-04-11 11:40:04
A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout. They were aided by an armed group outside the jail which used explosives against one...
-- 2018-04-10 19:38:54
Federal agents on Monday raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels...
-- 2018-04-10 17:15:04
US President Donald Trump has promised a "forceful" response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria, as Western leaders consider what action to take. "We have a lot of options militarily," he told r...
-- 2018-04-10 10:45:15
One of the top leaders of Colombia’s former rebel group, the FARC, has been arrested in Bogota following a request from the United States. Jesus Santrich, a former peace negotiator, is accused...
-- 2018-04-09 12:17:38
A charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip has struck a bridge overpass on Long island, seriously injuring six passengers and mangling the entire length of the top of the bus....
-- 2018-04-08 10:59:50
One man was killed and six firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, in a blaze that was quickly doused, fire officials said....
-- 2018-04-08 09:56:23
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in to police on Saturday, ending a day-long standoff to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption that derails his bid...
-- 2018-04-07 13:26:25
Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on Friday evening. The Humboldt Broncos were travelling on Highway 35, nor...
-- 2018-04-07 11:41:50
Former chief justice and the first black member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, joined the centre-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in th...
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