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New tensions between W House, Israeli PM

New tensions emerged this week between president Joe Biden’s administration and Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli premier’s criticism of US weapons deliveries...

US bans Russia's Kaspersky antivirus software

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in the United States over national security concerns, the US Commerce Department said.

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act

President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act on Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to US nationals, in a...

Joe Biden to ease immigration pathway for spouses of US citizens

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will unveil new rules easing the process for undocumented spouses of US citizens to obtain permanent residency status, the White House said....

Biden’s son convicted on all charges in gun case

A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting US president...

US President Biden's son convicted on all charges in gun case

A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting US president.

Zelensky urges West to do more for a ‘fair peace’

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the West to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion, telling US leader Joe Biden that Kyiv is counting on ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ support...

Trump vows to reverse Biden border order

Donald Trump said on Thursday he would reverse US president Joe Biden’s order clamping down on illegal border crossings, in his first campaign event since...

Hunter Biden gun trial hears from his ex as first lady looks on

Jurors at Hunter Biden’s trial for allegedly buying a handgun while using crack cocaine heard testimony Wednesday from his ex-wife who recalled finding a...

Biden unveils sweeping Mexico border curbs as election looms

The United States will temporarily close its Mexico border to asylum seekers from Wednesday, as President Joe Biden tries to neutralise his political weakness on migration ahead of November's election battle with Donald Trump.

Netanyahu prolonging Gaza war: Biden

US president Joe Biden swiped at Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday, saying there was ‘every reason’ to conclude the Israeli prime minister...

Biden slams Trump as 'convicted felon' for first time

Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump on Monday as a "convicted felon" who is seeking the US presidency for the first time in history, in a dramatic escalation of his attacks on his rival in November's election.

Israel carries on killings as mediators press for truce

Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip on Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by...

Trial of Biden’s son begins today

Joe Biden’s son Hunter goes on trial Monday on gun charges, the first prosecution in US history for the child of a sitting president — just as the Democratic leader is...

Biden calls Trump ‘reckless’

President Joe Biden branded Donald Trump ‘reckless’ Friday after the Republican lashed out in rambling, angry comments at verdicts in New York making him...

Biden pushes Israeli plan, urges end to Gaza war

US President Joe Biden said Friday Israel had offered a new roadmap towards a permanent peace in Gaza, urging Hamas to accept the surprise deal as it was ‘time for this war to end.’

Zelensky presses Biden to attend peace summit

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged US leader Joe Biden to attend a June peace summit in Switzerland, as he accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin of trying to derail the gathering...

Zelensky invites Biden, Xi to attend Ukraine peace summit

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday urged US president Joe Biden and China’s president Xi Jinping to attend a peace summit in Switzerland next month...

Trump courts Biden’s Black, Hispanic coalition in NY

Donald Trump rolled the dice on a campaign stop in deepest Democratic New York Thursday seeking to woo Black and Latino voters whose support for Joe Biden...

Biden risks Gaza protests at Martin Luther King Jr.’s college

US president Joe Biden speaks on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr, in a bid to woo Black voters that risks being overshadowed by...

Trump, Biden trade barbs, label each other ‘threat to democracy’

Donald Trump launched another expletive-laced attack on Joe Biden as he addressed an influential gun group Saturday, while the incumbent president warned in the crucial swing state of Georgia that his ‘unhinged’ challenger is a threat to US democracy.

The arsenal of genocide

ON MAY 8, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, US president Joe Biden announced that he had ‘paused’ a delivery of 1,700 500-pound and 1,800 2,000-pound bombs, and threatened to withhold more shipments if Israel went ahead with its full-scale invasion of Rafah...

How Biden allows Netanyahu to walk all over his ‘red line’

David Slayton Meale named as next US ambassador to Bangladesh

United States president Joe Biden has nominated David Slayton Meale, currently deputy chief of mission in Beijing, as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh....

Rafah struck after Biden warning on arms transfers

Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza’s crowded southern city of Rafah on Thursday after US president Joe Biden vowed to cut off artillery shells and other weapons supplied to Israel if a full-scale offensive into the city goes ahead...

Biden says Trump ‘won’t accept’ result of election

India, Japan hit back at Biden for ‘xenophobic’ remark

India is not xenophobic, the country’s foreign minister has insisted, after comments by US President Joe Biden suggesting the South Asian nation and fellow ally Japan were...

India not xenophobic, FM Jaishankar says after Biden remark

India is not xenophobic, the country’s foreign minister has insisted, after comments by United States president Joe Biden suggesting the South Asian nation and fellow ally Japan were struggling economically because they rejected immigrants....

Biden calls Japan, India, China, Russia xenophobic

Japan and India are struggling economically because they are ‘xenophobic,’ US President Joe Biden told a campaign event, lumping the American allies in with rivals China and Russia as countries rejecting immigrants.

Old man world

LET one old man deal with two others. I turn 80 in July, which makes me just over a year-and-a-half younger than Joe Biden and almost two years older than Donald Trump...