Celebratory gunfire resounded across Kabul on Tuesday as Taliban fighters took control of the airport seconds after the last US military aircraft had taken off, marking the end of a 20-year war that has left the extremist militia stronger than it (...)
The US and Pakistani media reported that the Taliban reached out to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Russia this week in an attempt to fulfil their pledge to form an "inclusive" government and defeat holdouts against their rule in (...)
No diplomats are crowding the rooftop of the US Embassy in Kabul to evacuate the city by helicopter, as was the case during the Fall of Saigon in 1975. The total withdrawal of US troops, expected to end by the 20th anniversary of the 11 September, (...)
As the US administration continued to bang the war drum against Iran by announcing the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and the deployment of 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East, President Donald Trump (...)
As the US administration continued to bang the war drum against Iran by announcing the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and the deployment of 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East, President Donald Trump (...)
Former US vice president Joe Biden made clear at his first event as a US presidential elections candidate on Monday that he would be standing ready to battle incumbent President Donald Trump for the support of the blue-collar workers who were key to (...)
US House Democrats are divided over whether to proceed to impeach President Donald Trump after the publication of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, but they could still hold Trump accountable without impeachment, House speaker Nancy (...)
Former US vice president Joe Biden made clear at his first event as a US presidential elections candidate on Monday that he would be standing ready to battle incumbent President Donald Trump for the support of the blue-collar workers who were key to (...)
After blasting her for criticising the influence of the pro-Israel lobby on US foreign policy, going as far as dubbing her anti-Semitic, Minnesota's Representative Ilhan Omar has come under heavy fire again, led by US President Donald Trump, because (...)
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's conclusion that Donald Trump did not collude with Russia to win the US presidency in 2016 gave Trump a powerful weapon to use against his Democratic opponents and a potential boost to what is shaping up to be a (...)
As Special Counsellor Robert Mueller is reportedly close to concluding his report on possible collusion between US President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign and Russia to give him an edge over Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, White House (...)
Barely 24 hours after veteran Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders announced last week he would run again for president in 2020, campaign officials announced he managed to raise nearly $6 million. In less than a week, the total reached $10 (...)
Barely 24 hours after veteran Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders announced last week he would run again for president in 2020, campaign officials announced he managed to raise nearly $6 million. In less than a week, the total reached $10 (...)
US congressional negotiators Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown Saturday, but congressional aides said it did not contain the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump wants for a border wall.
“We reached (...)
US President Donald Trump's West Wing may have sensed the urgent need for a show of force on Monday, as Washington digested the aftermath of the longest-ever US federal government shutdown, lasting for 35 days, which ended with the president as far (...)
President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to deliver a State of the Union speech challenging Democrats to approve funding for his long-sought border wall with Mexico, but stopping short of declaring a national emergency over it, at least for (...)
In his speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) late last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo carried overseas the bitter infighting at home against one of US President Donald Trump's main foes, former Democratic Party president Barack (...)
A prime-time televised address by US President Donald Trump, which he was scheduled to deliver Tuesday night, was unlikely to change strong Democratic opposition to his demand to build a wall along the US border with Mexico, sparking a three-week (...)
2018 has certainly not been a kind year to US President Donald Trump. While he will continue to brag about his economic achievements, such as lower unemployment, a higher growth rate and decreasing US trade deficit, reality is that the crises that (...)
Mexico's Foreign Ministry presented a diplomatic note to the US government Monday calling for “a full investigation” into what it described as non-lethal weapons directed towards Mexican territory Sunday, a statement from the ministry said
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While Republicans and Democrats continue fighting over the final result of the Senate mid-term elections, with all eyes on the recount process in Florida in which a Republican was declared the winner, the failure of US President Donald Trump's party (...)
US President Donald Trump has brushed aside charges that his angry, divisive rhetoric against opponents is to blame for series of violent incidents to hit the United States. In Pittsburgh, a lone gunman on Saturday killed 11 Jews while praying at a (...)
After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over immigration, race and other cultural issues, millions of Americans cast their votes Tuesday to determine the balance of power in Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump's presidency.
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US lawmakers, including leading Republican senators, blasted as far-fetched Saudi Arabia's explanation of the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.
Hours after the Saudi prosecutor-general (...)
US President Donald Trump's effort to confirm his conservative nominee for the US Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, continued to face serious obstacles as Democratic senators and women activists insisted on digging for embarrassing evidence to block (...)