US & Canada

At least five people were killed and one dozen and a half injured in a mass shooting at an immoral nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs. Police said Sunday the partygoers subdued the gunman, according to a social media post by the venue, Club Q, and police took …

Hawkish Republican Senator Tom Cotton has agreed with the Biden administration’s decision to grant sovereign immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder. “What the administration has touted this week in granting sovereign immunity to Mohammed bin Salman is in keeping with the …

“Heroic” clubgoers fought and stopped a gunman shortly after he opened fire inside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring 18 others, police said on Sunday. Police identified the suspect as Anderson Lee Aldrich, a 22-year-old man, who was taken into custody minutes after the shooting …

Joe Biden turns 80 on Sunday, making him the first octogenarian president in US history. He is set to celebrate his birthday with a brunch hosted by his wife, Jill, a celebration that got an extra lift this weekend with his granddaughter’s wedding at the White House on Saturday. With …

Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has officially announced his candidacy to become the House Democratic leader after Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will not be seeking re-election to party leadership. He is unlikely to face any opposition for the post after current House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced on …

The US Department of State has given Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi despite Joe Biden’s earlier promise to hold the de facto ruler accountable for the crime. In a statement on Thursday, the US State Department announced that it …

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold that powerful post, said on Thursday she will step down as the chamber’s Democratic leader as her allies prepared a passing of the torch to Representative Hakeem Jeffries. Pelosi, an 82-year-old liberal from California who has served two …

Christopher Wray, the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), on Tuesday told a US House committee hearing that China has stolen more American data and information “than every other nation combined”. In his speech at the annual ‘worldwide threats’ hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday, Wray …

The family business of former US President Donald Trump has signed a licensing deal worth $1.6 billion with a real estate developer based in Saudi Arabia to build a resort in Oman, as the 76-year-old businessman-turned-politician prepares his return to presidential politics. The Trump Organization, a group of about 500 …

The Republican Party have seized control of the US House with a slim majority far smaller than the party had been banking on. NBC and CNN projected the victory for Republicans with at least 218 seats in the 435-member House of Representatives. Republicans, however, failed to take control of the …

Donald Trump has declared his intention to seek the White House again in 2024, vowing to prevent US President Joe Biden from being re-elected. “I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” the 76-year-old former president said in a speech at his Florida private club on …

Tens of thousands of academic workers in California state universities have gone on strike, demanding better working conditions and higher wages to keep up with soaring inflation. Some 48,000 researchers, postdoctoral scholars, teaching assistants and other employees launched the biggest academic worker strike in US history, seeking a minimum annual …

Amazon plans to lay off ten thousand employees in corporate and technology jobs amid cost-cutting review and a “worsening macroeconomic environment”, as inflation in the United States is at a 40 year record high. The online retailer giant plans to eliminate jobs beginning this week with staff working at its …

Former US President Donald Trump and his right-wing allies have already started casting doubt on the legitimacy of Tuesday’s midterm election results, according to a CNN report. “Here we go again! Rigged election!,” CNN on Sunday quoted Trump as writing to his 4.43 million followers on his social media platform Truth …

The expected indictment of former President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a fight over funding for the Justice Department if the GOP wins the Midterm Elections. Republicans expect Attorney General Merrick Garland to peruse an indictment of Trump — most likely within 60 to 90 days after Election …

Donald Trump-backed Mehmet Oz’s Senate bid fails to produce the enthusiasm seen with previous Muslim firsts in the US. The United States may elect its highest-ranking Muslim official next week – a Donald Trump-backed Republican who has questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 elections. Mehmet Oz, a television personality and …

Fears of political violence are growing in the United States ahead of next week’s midterm elections, with US security officials saying unconstrained disinformation and political vitriol is fuel for attacks, such as the one on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s mansion. According to Press TV, David DePape broke into Pelosi’s home …

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s legal team has filed a court sanction motion against former US President Donald Trump for appealing to an earlier court verdict issued against him a month earlier. On Sept. 8, 2022, US District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks, appointed to the bench by Bill Clinton, …

A US media report has revealed that the Washington establishment and social media platforms are in collaboration with one another to censor what is referred by them to as online “misinformation”. The Intercept reported on Monday that the US Big Tech firms, namely, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft, collaborated …

As many as 15 people have been injured in a drive-by shooting, including three children, in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Halloween night, police say. According to WLS-TV, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said there are three juvenile victims: a three-year-old, an 11-year-old, and a teenager who may be 13 …