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A US combat veteran who fought in the war against Iraq will be charged with a hate crime after he deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of the people were Muslim, according to authorities. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for …

U.S. economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, but the burst in growth was driven by a smaller trade deficit and the largest accumulation of unsold merchandise since 2015, temporary boosters that are seen weighing on the economy later this year. The surge in growth reported by the Commerce Department …

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, who is a former CIA director, has admitted to an audience that the American spy agency trains employees to “lie, cheat and steal.” “I was a CIA director, we lied, we cheated we stole… like, we had entire training courses. It reminds you of …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he hoped Iranian oil exports would continue despite Washington’s efforts to stop them. Washington has demanded that buyers of Iranian crude halt purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran’s oil revenues. The United States expects Saudi Arabia …

Donald Trump has called on the US, Russia, and China to reduce their nuclear arsenals amid reports that his administration is planning to propose a landmark arms control deal with Beijing and Moscow. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, the US president said that he welcomed Russia’s …

Germany could owe Poland more than $850 billion in reparations for damages it incurred during World War Two and the brutal Nazi occupation, a senior ruling party lawmaker said. Some six million Poles, including three million Polish Jews, were killed during the war and Warsaw was razed to the ground …

Reports say at least 17 Syrian government forces have been killed in attacks by foreign-backed terrorists in northern Aleppo province. The attacks were launched shortly after midnight on Saturday by two al-Qaeda-linked terror groups, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Hurras al-Deen, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Thirty …

More than a thousand migrants broke out of a detention center in southern Mexico on Thursday evening, authorities said, in a fresh sign of how a surge in arrivals has stretched the country’s resources to the limit. More than half of the roughly 1,300 migrants later returned to the Siglo …

Nearly 40 world leaders and scores of finance officials are gathered in Beijing to build a new platform for international trade and counter US unilateralism and protectionist policies. Dubbed as the Belt and Road (BRI) initiative, they aim to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and …

Americans are among the most stressed and worried people in the world, with negative emotions in the US reaching the highest level in a decade, according to a new survey. About 55 percent of US adults said they had experienced stress during “a lot of the day” prior, compared with …

Under the Arabian sun, a monumental construction effort is making headway. Located deep within Dubai’s desert interior, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park — named after the emirate’s ruler and the UAE’s vice president and prime minister — continues to grow and has just passed another milestone. In …

Days after serial bomb blasts left 359 people dead and over 500 wounded in the island nation, Sri Lankan Police have issued photographs of six suspects, including three women, in the bombing. Police have sent out a clarion call seeking help from the public while asking them to call hotline …

An 18-month-long long investigation has revealed that the US-led coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians during its campaign to capture the Syrian city of Raqqa, rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a press release on Thursday. The investigation, conducted by Amnesty and Airwars, “gives a brutally vivid account of more …

Around 12 million hectares of forest in the world’s tropical regions were lost in 2018, equivalent to 30 football fields per minute. While this represents a decline in 2016 and 2017, it is still the fourth highest rate of loss since records began in 2001. Of particular concern is the …

Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation. In a video announcement, Mr. Biden argued that the “core values of the nation… our very democracy, everything that has made America America, is at stake”. The 76-year-old enters a crowded race for …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the country can export as much oil as it needs, his official website reported, as the United States prepares to end sanctions waivers it granted to some importers of Iranian crude. “America’s efforts in sanctioning the sale of Iranian oil …

Violent winds of up to 140 kph (87 mph) lashed the East African island nation of Comoros overnight, killing three people, authorities said on Thursday, as Cyclone Kenneth swept toward flood-battered Mozambique. In Comoros, the winds caused widespread power outages in the northern part of the main island, Grande Comore, …

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are at risk from landslides in the coming monsoon season and should be relocated to a remote island, the country’s foreign minister said on Thursday, a move opposed by many refugees. Bangladesh wants to move 100,000 of the nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims sheltered in cramped …

Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood, and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday. Medics will place orders by text message when supplies run dry, said GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley. Drones …

US President Donald Trump has threatened to send more armed troops to the southern border with Mexico after Mexican soldiers confronted US personnel and disarmed at least one of them on the American side of the border. “Mexico’s Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers, probably as a …