World / Americas

White House shuts phone comment line, promotes Facebook Messenger 24 Jan 2017 - 10:31 am

New York: The White House is asking people to use Facebook Messenger to contact the new administration instead of using a now-shut down...

Trump pulls US out of Trans-Pacific Partnership deal 24 Jan 2017 - 10:05 am

NEW YORK: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that pulls the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, a...

US: Florida on alert after storms kill 19 nearby 24 Jan 2017 - 09:37 am

WASHINGTON: Residents of central and southern Florida are bracing for the worst on Monday as storms approach the region after wreaking havoc in...

Analysis: Trump promises big change, picks small fights 23 Jan 2017 - 09:31 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump won the White House promising big changes to the nation's economy, health care system and foreign policy. He spent...

Analysis: Trump speech shows America getting what it ordered 23 Jan 2017 - 09:22 pm

WASHINGTON: America is getting what it ordered on Election Day. If anyone was expecting an evolution from Donald Trump the candidate to Donald...

Analysis: Death of Brazil judge to delay political corruption probe 23 Jan 2017 - 08:47 pm

BRASILIA: The death of a Supreme Court justice handling corruption accusations against dozens of Brazilian politicians will not derail the country’s biggest ever...

Analysis: Trump is now president, but he still sees himself as leading an insurgency 23 Jan 2017 - 08:26 pm

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump took over as U.S. president on Friday in the same way he conducted his upstart campaign, with a mixture of...

US top court rebuffs ‘Sister Wives’ challenge to Utah anti-bigamy law 23 Jan 2017 - 07:34 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Utah’s anti-bigamy law brought by the polygamist stars of the popular reality...

Former President George H.W. Bush health improving, moved out of Houston ICU 23 Jan 2017 - 07:27 pm

HOUSTON: The health of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 92, is improving and he has been moved out of the intensive care...

Senate Democrat says he will oppose Tillerson for State Department 23 Jan 2017 - 03:20 pm

WASHINGTON: The most senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday he would not support President Donald Trump's nominee for...

Trump properties face global terror risk with presidency 23 Jan 2017 - 02:46 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Businesses around the world bearing U.S. President Donald Trump's name face an increased risk now that he is in...

Israel's Netanyahu to meet new US president next month 23 Jan 2017 - 01:33 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Washington D.C. in February, the two men decided...

What drove women to join marches around the world this weekend? 22 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm

LONDON/DEHLI/WASHINGTON: Hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in cities around the world on Saturday in opposition to U.S. President Donald...

White House says media delegitimizing Trump, won’t ‘take it’ 22 Jan 2017 - 06:50 pm

WASHINGTON: The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media “tooth and nail” over what officials see as unfair attacks on...

Trump steps into security bubble; will he bring his phone? 22 Jan 2017 - 05:33 pm

WASHINGTON: A few hours after President-elect Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election, an Associated Press reporter...

British PM Theresa May to discuss trade, NATO in White House with Donald Trump 22 Jan 2017 - 02:05 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she plans to discuss free trade and the importance of the NATO military alliance when...

At CIA, Trump blames media for intel community fallout 22 Jan 2017 - 01:12 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump sought to smooth relations with America's intelligence community, saying Saturday that the media is to blame for the feud. ...