-- 2019-01-13 20:54:32
A partial US government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border entered its 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest shutteri...
-- 2019-01-13 20:10:36
Former United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump are among possible US candidates to replace outgoing World Bank President Jim Yo...
-- 2019-01-13 12:30:38
A former commander of Colombia's FARC rebel group, Iván Márquez, has released a video six months after going into hiding. In the film, he accuses the government of betraying the terms o...
-- 2019-01-12 21:03:30
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday described Venezuela’s government under President Nicolas Maduro as illegitimate. Mike Pompeo also said the United States would work with like-minde...
-- 2019-01-12 17:53:33
Police in the US state of Utah have taken the unusual step of urging residents not to drive blindfolded after an online challenge inspired by a horror film led to a crash. A teenager with her hat ove...
Reuters 2019-01-12 10:42:37
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency “right now” to end a standoff over border security that has idled large swaths of the US government, all but...
-- 2019-01-12 10:39:22
Three people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured on Friday when a double-decker bus struck a bus shelter in the Canadian capital of Ottawa during rush hour, city officials said. Part of the...
BBC 2019-01-12 10:11:51
Hundreds of thousands of US government workers have missed their first payday of the year as the partial shutdown of federal agencies bites deeper. Employees such as prison guards, airport staff and...
-- 2019-01-11 21:43:00
At least seven people were killed and dozens others injured after a bus carrying tourists and locals crashed in Cuba on Thursday, state-run media say. Citizens from the UK, Canada, France, Mexico and...
-- 2019-01-11 11:36:32
The charred remains of 21 people killed in a suspected gang battle have been found in a Mexican border town, just over the river from where US President Donald Trump was seeking to win support on Th...
-- 2019-01-11 10:25:11
Flanked by border agents who are going without paychecks during a government shutdown, US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to use emergency powers to bypass Congress to pay for a wall on...
-- 2019-01-10 10:20:59
US President Donald Trump stormed out of talks with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday over funding for a border wall with Mexico and reopening the government, complaining the meeting at th...
-- 2019-01-09 21:20:46
US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government shutdown, reports BBC. Mr...
-- 2019-01-08 17:48:31
Guatemala has said it is withdrawing from UN-backed anti-corruption commission which has been investigating the country's President Jimmy Morales. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel said on Mon...
-- 2019-01-08 13:42:47
An Uber driver accused of killing six people at random in a shooting spree in the US state of Michigan in 2016 has pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and firearms offences. Four people were k...
-- 2019-01-07 17:43:41
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has defended his government's legitimacy amid growing opposition and international condemnation of his bid for a second six-year term. In a Tweet on Sunday, Maduro...
-- 2019-01-07 11:19:48
US President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday not to bend in his demand for a wall along the southern border with Mexico but said the barrier could be made of steel instead of concrete as a potential co...
-- 2019-01-06 11:59:01
US National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending US military withdrawal from the country as an invitation to use chemical weapons. US Presiden...
-- 2019-01-06 10:52:51
US Department of Defence chief of staff Kevin Sweeney has resigned, a month after the Defence Secretary James Mattis announced his departure. Rear Admiral Sweeney said in a statement that "the time i...
Reuters 2019-01-06 10:12:09
Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers failed on Saturday to break a deadlock over a proposed border wall and end a two-week-old partial government shutdown, but w...
-- 2019-01-05 17:53:26
A church van packed with children was headed to Walt Disney World when it got caught in a fiery pileup involving two 18-wheelers. Seven people, including five of the youngsters, died in the crash. On...
-- 2019-01-05 16:28:51
US police are dealing with a suspected mass shooting at a California bowling alley on Saturday with reports of 'multiple victims'. Police and local media said the incident took place at the Gable Hou...
-- 2019-01-05 13:37:59
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he owns no real estate, vehicles or personal property, echoing what experts say is a pattern among the country’s politicians of shift...
Reuters 2019-01-05 10:35:57
President Donald Trump threatened to keep the US government partially shut for months or years on Friday after he and Democratic leaders failed to resolve their dispute over Trump’s request for...
-- 2019-01-04 19:30:23
President Donald Trump on Friday sought to cast blame for recent gyrations in financial markets on Democrats takeover of US House of Representatives and aimed to soothe investors’ worries saying...
Reuters 2019-01-04 10:58:56
Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the US House of Representatives on Thursday by approving legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government s...
-- 2019-01-03 11:33:11
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is "deeply concerned" about the increased production of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, in Colombia. At a meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duqu...
-- 2019-01-02 13:05:45
US border agents launched tear gas into Mexico early on Tuesday to deter a group of migrants that one official called ‘a violent mob’ from crossing over from Tijuana, according to a Reuter...
-- 2019-01-01 20:03:53
The United States and Israel officially pulled out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, the culmination of a pr...
-- 2019-01-01 10:46:18
Democrats in the US House of Representatives plan to vote on Thursday on a funding package to end the 10-day-old partial US government shutdown, without providing the $5 billion President Donald Trump...
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