US federal employees protest against shutdown costing them their pay
AFP | Several hundred US federal employees who have not been paid in weeks due to the partial government shutdown protested against the impasse on...
Players’ Skewed Maps complicate Eurasia’s 21st Century Great Game – Dr. James M Dorsey
Dr. James M Dorsey | The United States and China are playing Eurasia’s 21st-century Great Game from different but equally skewed maps. While the US...
Nurse arrested after incapacitated US woman gave birth: Phoenix Police
AFP | A male nurse has been arrested in Arizona on suspicion of assaulting an incapacitated woman who gave birth at a long-term care facility,...
Taliban continue peace talks amid violence
News Analysis | The United States for the first time has confirmed on Wednesday (today) that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban,...
After a month of shutdown, US federal workers turn to food banks
AFP | Most never needed help from a food pantry. But a month since the US government shutdown began, dozens of federal employees have been...
FBI in shutdown: ‘We can’t pay informants’
AFP | FBI agents complained Monday that the month-old US government shutdown is preventing them from paying informants, buying drugs undercover in narcotics busts, and...
Recent statement from Taliban snubs U.S plans for the region
News Analysis | Taliban and the United States of America once again have engaged in the second round of formal dialogue process in a bid...
US officials converge on Pakistan seeking Afghan peace – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | After a successful mission to Turkey this weekend on US President Trump’s behalf, his leading Republican ally Senator Lindsey Graham is...
Senator Kamala Harris announces US presidential run
AFP | Senator Kamala Harris announced Monday that she is seeking to become the first African American woman to hold the office of US president,...
Trump and Pelosi again butt heads but others see possible paths
AFP | US President Donald Trump bitterly attacked top Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Sunday and she again insisted that he end the government shutdown before...
In Texas, one family fights to keep Trump wall off property
AFP | In this yard in the Texas town of Mission, they played as children, learned how to fish, picked cotton and gathered watermelons. But...
No breakthrough in US-China trade talks: Trump adviser
AFP | White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow has played down reports of a breakthrough in US-China trade talks, but said progress had been made. "We've...