US & Canada

Congressman Adam Schiff says US President Joe Biden should not visit Saudi Arabia or meet its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who was accused by American intelligence of ordering the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A team of Saudi operatives murdered Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist, in the Saudi consulate in …

A vast majority of Americans in a new poll support background checks on all gun sales, one day after the mass shooting at an elementary school in the US state of Texas.

An appeals court Thursday rejected an effort by Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, to avoid being deposed as part of a civil fraud investigation conducted by the New York attorney general’s office. New York’s Appellate Division, First Judicial Department found that a …

After US President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, China’s foreign ministry said that “no one should stand against the 1.4 billion Chinese people.” US President Joe Biden in a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in response …

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday. At least eight people were killed following powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces, the country’s authorities said, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to …

After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church, and simply living their lives, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.

The US plans to keep 100,000 troops in Eastern Europe for the foreseeable future, potentially increasing the number if it perceives a threat from Russia to NATO, local media have cited the US officials as saying. The US is expected to keep 100,000 troops stationed in Europe for the foreseeable …

The US military base in al-Shadadi has been hit by at least two rockets, local media reported. Security sources reported on early Tuesday an attack on a US military base in northeastern Syria. The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported that the American base in the al-Shadadi area in Al-Hasakah …

An administration official said Trump’s decision was reversed due to a “heightened threat” from insurgents

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, making everyone in the country over the age of 5 eligible for a third shot. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Shootings in a church in California, and a market in Texas left at least three dead and several injured on Sunday, US authorities said.

A man in military-style gear entered a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and began firing a rifle

The Pentagon said that Congress must pass a pending $40 billion Ukraine aid package by Thursday to avoid interrupting US weapons shipments to the Kiev government in its war with Russia.

Police said two people were in custody following the 2 a.m. shooting in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 203,000 for the week ending May 7, the US Department of Labor reported Thursday.

The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it.

With most Americans focused on economic woes at home, a majority told the survey they were fine with Ukraine losing to Moscow

US first lady Jill Biden has made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelensky. Meanwhile, Ukrainian media has reported that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau also made an unannounced visit to the country. Mrs. Biden travelled in secret for security, as …

Food insecurity amid the swift rise in food and housing prices in the United States has become a major issue for many Americans.

Former CIA officers have criticized the current US espionage agents, telling them to shut up and stop boasting about providing sensitive military intelligence aid to Kiev in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia.