Senior Trump officials survey California fire devastation as toll mounts
AFP | Senior members of President Donald Trump's administration visited California Monday as the toll rose to at least nine dead in blazes that have...
Rio’s poorest teens caught between traffickers and the law
AFP | Antonio's story began one sunny afternoon in a favela near Copacabana beach when he picked up a 9mm pistol. It ended with his...
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin gravely ill, ‘in hospice care’
AFP | Music legend Aretha Franklin is gravely ill and reportedly receiving hospice care, friends of the singer said Monday, as prayers and well wishes...
Trump’s America: Killer of Indian engineer sentenced
News Analysis | A man, who killed an Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas shooting last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole....
US further sidelines Pakistan in Afghanistan peace efforts
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The National Defense Authorization Act 2019, passed recently by the US Congress, is having a slight impact on the Pakistani...
Stormy Daniels lawyer says would ‘hit harder’ to beat Trump in 2020
AFP | As the lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti has been a persistent thorn in Donald Trump's side. But in the last...
California blazes threaten populated areas
AFP | Authorities battling massive wildfires in large swathes of California issued mandatory evacuation orders and health warnings Friday over the worsening air quality as...
Pakistan elections—may be good news for Pakistan, but not for U.S.
Graham E. Fuller | A bold new political face has come to power in the recent Pakistani elections, possibly offering the US a new opportunity...
Four killed in shooting in Canada, including 2 police
AFP | Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern...
‘Time has come’ for US Space Force, sixth military branch: Pence
AFP | Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday unveiled details of plans to build a US Space Force that would become the sixth branch of...
A year after deadly protest, white nationalists to rally outside White House
AFP | Exactly a year since torch-wielding neo-Nazis clashed with counter-demonstrators in a deadly protest that highlighted the growing boldness of America's extreme right, white...
Russia, China block US bid to slap North Korea sanctions
AFP | Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North...