US & Canada

US President Joe Biden is planning to go ahead with his visit to Saudi Arabia next month despite many lawmakers advising him to cancel the trip. A report in Reuters, citing a source familiar with the planning, said on Sunday that the White House was likely to announce the high-profile …

A bipartisan group of US senators has announced a framework agreement on new gun legislation, in a move that falls far short of President Joe Biden’s calls for a real change in gun violence. On Sunday, a group of 20 Democratic and Republican lawmakers struck a gun safety framework that …

The Brookings Institution’s president retired four-star Gen. John R. Allen resigned on Sunday from the organization, days after a court filing revealed evidence that he had secretly lobbied for Qatar. Allen, the retired general who once commanded American troops in Afghanistan, said in his resignation letter that his decision is …

US President Joe Biden has said that he plans to sign gun safety reforms proposed by a bipartisan group of senators, calling the proposed legislation the “most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades.” “I want to thank Senator Chris Murphy and the members of his bipartisan group—especially …

Thousands of people were expected to demonstrate across the United States on Saturday for tighter firearms laws to curb devastating gun violence plaguing the country. Two horrific shootings last month — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 young children and two teachers, and another at a New …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has sounded the alarm about the “dangers of disorder” taking over the world, citing the Ukraine conflict as a warning signal. Addressing the annual Shangri-La Dialog in Singapore Austin, Austin likened the situation in the pro-Russia regions in eastern Ukraine to a “preview of a …

The US national average price of gasoline has reached the $5 mark for the first time in US history as inflation hit a 41-year high of 8.6 percent in May. The national average price jumped 19 cents in the past week, and on Saturday hit $5 a gallon regular, according …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe amid heightened tensions between the two countries over recent remarks regarding the Taipei regime. Speaking at the military leaders’ first face-to-face meeting on Friday on the sidelines of the annual Shangri-La Dialog …

The FBI federal police service raided the home of a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan on Thursday morning. According to local news outlet Wood TV 8, Kelley was a participant in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of then-US President Donald Trump and has …

A US military plane crashed in southeastern California just north of the Mexican border on Wednesday evening, killing four marines onboard. There was a fifth person onboard the plane and the search to find the individual is still underway. The crash involved an MV-22B Osprey aircraft, which is a tiltrotor aircraft …

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Ukraine conflict may cause a social and economic crisis around the world. The conflict combined with the other crises is threatening to unleash “an unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution, leaving social and economic chaos in its wake,” Guterres said Wednesday …

China and Russia say the United States is fueling tensions over North Korea, as Pyongyang has recently increased its missile tests. Last month, China, the North’s closest ally, and Russia, whose relations with the West have sharply deteriorated over its military operation in Ukraine, vetoed a US-led push at the …

US students at a prominent New York university have denounced a decision by a city council member to remove funds allocated to providing free legal services to the community. According to Press TV, the decision to pull $50,000 in funding came after the City University of New York School of …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told senators the United States faces “unacceptable levels of inflation” and an appropriate budgetary stance is needed to help reduce inflationary pressures without damaging the economy. According to Press TV, Yellen on Tuesday told the Senate Finance Committee that President Joe Biden’s proposed spending …

Democrats in the US Senate claimed on Tuesday they were encouraged by talks with Republicans on firearms legislation but warned that any compromise would fall well short of all the steps they say are needed to curb gun violence. “Every day we get closer to an agreement, not farther away,” …

Muslim community leaders in Canada have renewed demands from the government to deal with Islamophobia a year after four members of a Muslim family were killed in a terrorist hate attack. They met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and lawmakers in the capital, Ottawa, on Monday to call for meaningful measures …

Most Americans believe the new legislation aimed at reducing gun violence should be prioritized over protecting gun rights amid a deadly spate of mass shootings in the country, according to a new poll. The ABC/Ipsos poll, which comes in the wake of a deadly string of mass shootings in the …

Shootings in three American cities killed nine people and wounded two dozen more on Saturday night and Sunday morning, the latest outbreaks of gun violence in the wake of three mass shootings that have rattled the United States. In Philadelphia, a confrontation between two men escalated into a gunfight that …

A former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, who had overseen a secret prison in Thailand, personally observed interrogation sessions in which inmates were being tortured. Gina Haspel personally observed interrogation sessions of a prisoner, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the Navy destroyer Cole in 2000. Seventeen …

US police authorities say three people have lost their lives and 11 others were wounded after gunfire broke out on a popular street in the US state of Pennsylvania, only two days after another fatal shooting incident in Iowa state. Police Inspector D. F. Pace said that two men and a …