Five things to know about migrant caravans crossing Mexico
AFP | As US President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday -- sure to include calls to build his long-sought border...
Dropping weapons treaty would let US update its nuclear arsenal
AFP | The US scrapping of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia could launch a new arms race, but will also allow the...
Will pull out troops from Afghanistan and Syria but not from Iraq: President Trump
News Analysis | U.S President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his commitment to bring back troops stationed in Afghanistan and Syria, citing the wars...
US sends 3,750 more troops to Mexico border: Pentagon
AFP | The United States will send an additional 3,750 troops to its frontier with Mexico, the Pentagon said Sunday, as President Donald Trump doubled...
US thaws from Arctic deep freeze as death toll climbs
AFP | A brutal cold spell that paralyzed the US Midwest, freezing water mains, causing power outages and cancelling flights, eased on Friday, with forecasts...
U.S pulls out of nuclear treaty with Russia
News Analysis | The United States of America has announced that it is walking off the nuclear treaty it signed with, then, the Soviet Union...
US oil giants report strong profits despite volatile crude prices
AFP | US oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron reported strong annual profits on Friday, concluding with a solid fourth quarter despite a dive in...
US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms race
AFP | The United States said Friday it would exit a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty due to purported violations by Russia, which has...
El Chapo’s wife says drug kingpin is ‘excellent’ husband and father
AFP | Accused Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is an "excellent father, friend, brother, son and partner," his young wife said as his...
Trump ‘serious’ about Afghan withdrawal, Taliban says
AFP | US President Donald Trump is serious about getting out of Afghanistan, the Taliban told AFP on Friday, outlining the “Islamic system” comprising “all Afghans” that...
Kabul regime lost more territory to Taliban in 2018, U.S admits
News Analysis | The office of the Special Inspector General Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a US body mandated with preparing quarterly reports regarding the situation in...
US Midwest gripped by bitterly cold temperatures but relief ahead
AFP | Brutally cold temperatures gripped the US Midwest on Thursday, freezing water mains, causing power outages, canceling flights and straining natural gas supplies. Tens...