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US officials claim Washington has intelligence that the son and possible successor of Osama bin Laden have been killed, NBC reports. As of yet, the officials have provided few additional details. Three US officials who requested anonymity told NBC that Hamza bin Laden – son of terror leader and founder …

With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital’s paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls’ meme-cannons. Confused? The sordid saga began Friday when the Post published an op-ed titled “Mitch McConnell is a …

The Chinese government announced Wednesday that it will suspend a program allowing solo tourists from 47 cities to visit Taiwan, amid rising cross-strait tensions. In a statement, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said the travel ban would come into force on August 1, effectively banning all individual leisure travel …

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.

The US government says the economy grew more slowly in 2018 than it previously estimated, downgrading its estimate from 3% to 2.5%. US President Donald Trump had frequently boasted of the 3% growth figure as evidence that his policies invigorated the economy. The US Commerce Department lowered its estimate of …

The finals of the Fortnite World Cup are taking place in a stadium in New York, with the winner set to earn more prize money than Simona Halep and Novak Djokovic won as Wimbledon champions. Forty million players attempted to qualify over 10 weeks of online competition but only 100 …

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 …

China warned on Wednesday that it was ready for war if there was any move toward Taiwan’s independence, accusing the United States of undermining global stability and denouncing its arms sales to the self-ruled island. The Pentagon said this month the U.S. State Department had approved sales of weapons requested …

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 …

Two US police officers in Louisiana have been fired over a Facebook post suggesting congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot. Charles Rispoli wrote that the Democrat needed “a round”, which was then “liked” by a fellow officer. The police chief of Gretna said it was “an embarrassment to our department”. …

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 – …

The Iraqi parliament intends to reopen the investigation into the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, in which employees of US security firm Blackwater, now Academi, killed 17 people and injured 20 more in Baghdad, Adnan Assadi, a member of the security and defense committee of the legislature, said. “Now is a …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps released footage which it says disproves the US claim of shooting down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, showing the video was transmitted after the alleged time it was destroyed. The elite military unit published the footage on Friday and it was aired and …

Unidentified drones have reportedly attacked a base belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Salahuddin Province. The attack killed one PMF member and injured another four, al-Ahad television network reported on Friday. It is yet unclear who orchestrated the operation. Meanwhile, al-Etejah television network reported that an American …

The United States imposed sanctions on Four Iraqis including two former Iraqi provincial governors it accused of human rights abuses and corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday. The sanctions target Rayan al-Kildani and Waad Qado, and former governors Nawfal Hammadi al-Sultan and Ahmed al-Jubouri, the Treasury said in …

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 …

A US judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to life in prison plus 30 years. Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in February. He escaped a Mexican jail through a tunnel …

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 …