US Supreme Court blocks Florida immigration law
The US Supreme Court blocked Florida on Wednesday from enforcing a law that would make it a crime for undocumented migrants to enter the southern state...
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Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll tops 120
Texas authorities faced mounting scrutiny Thursday over the response to flash flooding that has left more than 120 people dead, as details surfaced about reported delays of early alerts that could have saved lives...
GAZA CRITICISM: UN urges US to reverse sanctions on expert
The UN on Thursday called on Washington to reverse its decision to sanction a UN expert who has repeatedly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and has criticised US policy on the war there.
US to send more weapons to Ukraine: Trump
President Donald Trump has said the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, triggering Russian criticism after Moscow claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbour...
US health secy sued over Covid vaccine change
Several leading medical groups filed suit against US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Monday, accusing him of endangering public health with new Covid-19 vaccine recommendations...
US strips protections for Nicaraguans, Hondurans
The Trump administration said Monday that it was revoking temporary legal protections for tens of thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans living in the United States...
New tariff deadline not set in stone: Trump
US president Donald Trump reignited his trade war by threatening more than a dozen countries with higher tariffs Monday鈥攂ut then said he may be flexible on his new August deadline to reach deals...
Trump, Lula clash over coup trial remarks
US-Brazil relations slid into crisis Monday after president Donald Trump criticised the high-profile coup trial of his right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro...
US revoking 鈥榯errorist鈥� tag for Syria鈥檚 HTS
The United States on Monday announced it was revoking its 鈥榝oreign terrorist organisation鈥� designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group once linked to Al-Qaeda that toppled Syria鈥檚 government in December...
Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, presenting the US president with a letter he sent to the prize committee.
Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.
Rubio to attend ASEAN meeting in 1st Asia trip
US secretary of state Marco Rubio will make his first trip to Asia since taking up his post, traveling this week to Malaysia for meetings with ASEAN allies, his office said Monday...
Trump slams Musk鈥檚 political party as 鈥榬idiculous鈥�
United States president Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk鈥檚 launching of a new political party as 鈥榬idiculous,鈥� deepening the Republican鈥檚 feud with the man who was once his biggest backer...
Desperate search for missing girls as nearly 81 dead in Texas floods
Rescuers in the US state of Texas on Monday searched for bodies swept away by flash floods that killed more than 80 people, including 27 girls and counsellors at a summer camp...
Search for missing girls as Texas flood death toll rises to 43
Rescuers searched on Saturday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 43 people -- with more rain pounding the region...