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Can you imagine what Trump and the media would have said if the shooter had been a Muslim instead of a white male?! If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim, the entire Muslim American community would be blamed for the actions of this one person. If the El …

The death toll from a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, increased to 22 after two more victims died in the hospital, police said. David Shimp, chief executive officer at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, said one patient died late Sunday night and another Monday morning. …

US President Donald Trump has designated Brazil a so-called major non-NATO ally of the United States, a move that could potentially facilitate the expansion of Washington’s dominance over the Latin American country. “I hereby designate the Federative Republic of Brazil as a Major Non-NATO Ally of the United States for …

A shooting at a Mississippi Walmart left two people dead, an officer wounded and a community in shock. The gunfire broke out Tuesday morning at a store in Southaven, the third-largest city in Mississippi. Both the suspect and an officer who responded to the scene were shot and being treated …

A gunman kills at least three people at a California food festival on Sunday before being shot dead by police. Authorities say police are now hunting for a second person they believe was involved in the killings.

Four people were shot dead and two wounded on Thursday in a shooting spree that spread across four three neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California, and triggered a 12-hour manhunt before police tackled and arrested an armed suspect. A Los Angeles police spokesman identified the suspect as Gerry Zaragoza, 26, and …

Facebook Inc will pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday. The FTC voted 3-2 along party lines to adopt the settlement, which …

The belief that America is exceptional is based on the old colonial misconception that power bestows moral superiority. The uproar over US President Donald Trump’s latest outrageous remarks attacking four members of the US Congress – Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar, all women of colour – …

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and destroyed an integrated network of operatives serving the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) inside the country. The Ministry’s director-general for counterintelligence said Monday that Iran captured 17 professional spies working on behalf of the CIA throughout last year and some of those …

The House voted Wednesday to undo President Trump’s attempt to sidestep Congress and complete several arms sales benefiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Congress is heading for a showdown with President Donald Trump after the House voted on Wednesday to block his administration from selling billions of dollars …

The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen. The symbolic resolution denounced Trump’s “racist comments that have legitimized fear and hatred of New Americans and people of color”. Trump had been accused of racism and xenophobia for …

After Donald Trump told four progressive Democrats to “go back” to where they came from in a tweet on Sunday, Twitter exploded with users rebuking the president as “racist,” making the hashtags #RacistInChief and #TrumpIsARacist trend across America. Trump, on Sunday morning, referenced an ongoing feud between freshman progressive Democrats …

Emergency officials in southern California’s high desert are braced for strong, potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that damaged buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked numerous fires near its remote epicenter. The magnitude 7.1 tremor rocked the Mojave desert town of Ridgecrest near Death Valley National Park as darkness …

A Virgin Atlantic flight has made an emergency landing in Boston after a fire broke out on board. The plane was traveling from New York to London on Thursday night when the fire started, forcing the crew to divert the flight. No major injuries were reported and all 217 passengers …

The human casualties caused by the United States Wars during the last century…in video.

US President Donald Trump has said has threatened Iran with “obliteration” if the country launches any attack on American forces in the Middle East region. In a Twitter rant on Tuesday railing against the Islamic Republic, Trump said, “Iran’s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that …

US Sen. Bernie Sanders will unveil a policy proposal that would eliminate all $1.6 trillion worth of American student debt. The 2020 hopeful is set to announce the bill in the House on Monday together with Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, …

Amid the ongoing trade war with the US, China appears to be “rolling out the red carpet for the rest of the world,” reducing tariffs on countries competing with the US, an international economics think tank says. Beijing is not sitting idly by, waiting to see who can outlast the …

The Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen has confirmed a retaliatory missile strike by Yemeni armed forces on the Abha International Airport in the kingdom’s southwestern Asir region. In a statement released on Wednesday, coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said a Yemeni missile had hit the airport’s arrivals hall, causing material …

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani on a visit to Tehran this week, in a bid to ease the tension between Washington and Iran that experts called a bold move for a Japanese leader. Tension has escalated a year after …