US & Canada

A new report says the US capital has seen a 28 percent uptick in homicide this year, as violent crimes continue to rise across the country. The report published on Wednesday noted that victims of crime upsurge in Washington, DC cover a wide range from little schoolgirls to immigrants. It …

Cuba’s ambassador to the United States has slammed a violent “terrorist attack” on the country’s embassy in Washington, DC, over the weekend. In an interview with US media on Tuesday, Lianys Torres Rivera said that the Sunday night incident was part of a pattern of attacks directed at Cuban overseas …

A leading Arab American rights group is suing the US government and calling on a federal court to halt any further actions admitting Israel into the visa waiver program (VWP). The lawsuit, filed by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), states that based on credible reports and investigations, Israel is …

Republican US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, has rejected a stopgap funding bill advancing in the Senate, nudging the US government to the brink of its fourth partial shutdown in a decade. The Senate plan which advanced on a wide bipartisan margin on Tuesday unveiled a stopgap funding measure that would …

U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed “essential” would remain on the job, but without pay. Many government agencies have not updated shutdown plans they have …

Children are disappearing from northern Ohio in record numbers, with more than 1,000 minors reported missing so far this year. More than 45 children have gone missing in the Cleveland-Akron area this month alone, and in August, there were more than 35 missing minors, according to the Ohio attorney general’s …

After an attack on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, China on Tuesday called on the US to ensure the safety of diplomatic missions and personnel. In response to reports of a “terrorist attack” on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the US side must investigate the …

US President Joe Biden has issued a stark warning ahead of a potential government shutdown that all citizens of the country will be forced to “pay the price” if congressional Republicans fail to act. Speaking at a bipartisan meeting in Washington on Saturday night, Biden blamed “a small group of …

Thousands of refugees and migrants are continuing to cross the United States border from Mexico, overwhelming the city of El Paso in the State of Texas, and leaving President Joe Biden’s administration scrambling to stem the influx of people. “The city of El Paso only has so many resources and …

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons has apologised for praising an individual who served in a Nazi unit during World War II in a session attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaker Anthony Rota recognised Yaroslav Hunka, 98, as a “Ukrainian hero, a …

Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has “temporarily” stepped down from his influential position after a federal indictment alleging years of bribery alongside his wife. The bombshell indictment unsealed by Manhattan federal prosecutors on Friday accused Menendez, 69, of receiving hundreds of thousands of …

US President Joe Biden has announced that the first US Abrams tanks allocated for Ukraine will arrive there next week. Making the announcement on Thursday during a White House meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Biden said his administration would continue to support the war against Russia. Biden said he had …

Head of US Air Mobility Command (AMC), General Mike Minihan, has defended writing an incendiary memo titled “War with China”, claiming he aimed to create a sense of urgency in the forces under his command. The memo, which was dated February 1 but started circling on social media several days earlier, …

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that his “main task” this week is to mobilize more support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. “If the United States is concerned about China and wants to pivot towards Asia, then …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded a warning on the climate crisis Wednesday when he said: “Humanity has opened the gates of hell.” “Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects, distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods, sweltering temperatures spawning disease, and thousands fleeing in fear as historic fires rage,” Guterres …

A Muslim advocacy group in the US is suing the FBI, in an attempt to put an end to the use of a secret watchlist that almost exclusively targets Muslims for scrutiny when they travel. The lawsuit was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), against 29 federal agencies, including …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said authorities were “actively pursuing credible allegations” linking New Delhi’s agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, an assertion India quickly dismissed as “absurd”. The spat deals a fresh blow to diplomatic ties that have been fraying for years, with New Delhi unhappy …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday called on allies to supply more air-defense systems and ammunition to Ukraine, to back the country’s counteroffensive against Russia. “Air defense will continue to be Ukraine’s greatest need to protect the skies, its civilians, and its cities,” he told reporters at the end …

The United States’ main auto workers union has warned that an ongoing strike against the top three car manufacturers in Detroit will expand if those companies do not agree to raise their salaries. The United Auto Workers (UAW), which represents some 150,000 auto workers, started the strike on Friday to pressure …

Gen. Mark A. Milley, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed doubts about the possibility of Pyongyang significantly enhancing Russia’s artillery munition supply for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Gen. Milley made these remarks upon arriving in Norway to participate in NATO meetings focusing on North Korea. …