US approves potential $2.7b air defence sale to Ukraine
20 September 2026
•
United States
Trump signs bill authorising Russia sanctions
20 September 2026
•
United States
US okays sale of 48 F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia
19 September 2026
•
United States
US has tools to keep AI safe
15 September 2026
•
United States
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
13 September 2026
•
United States
US braces for inflation report that may push Fed to hike rates
11 September 2026
•
United States
25 years of 9/11 / Trump’s Iran war echoes post-attack ‘forever wars’
11 September 2026
•
World
US midterm polls: President Trump offers every
11 September 2026
•
United States
Houthis close in on Bab el-Mandeb Strait
11 September 2026
•
United States
Trump promises each American $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress in midterms
10 September 2026
•
United States
Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails
US has said group known as Robert works for Iran's Revolutionary Guards
1 July 2025
Canada rescinds digital services tax in a bid to advance trade talks with US
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump will resume trade negotiations with a view towards agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025
30 June 2025
US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites set up "cat-and-mouse" hunt for missing uranium
Following last weekend's attacks on three of Iran's top nuclear sites - at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan - President Donald Trump said the facilities had been "obliterated" by U.S. munitions, including bunker-busting bombs
30 June 2025
Trump says 'not going to stand' for Netanyahu's continued prosecution
President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was "not going to stand" for the continued prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges
29 June 2025
US top court curtails power of lone judges to block Trump
US President Donald Trump said yesterday he can now push through a raft of controversial policies after the Supreme Court handed him a “giant win” by curbing the ability of lone judges to block his powers nationwide.
27 June 2025
Would consider bombing Iran again: Trump
President Donald Trump said yesterday he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran was enriching uranium to a level that concerned the United States.
27 June 2025
Trump reassures Nato allies on security guarantees
US President Donald Trump took a victory lap at Nato’s Hague summit yesterday, joining leaders in reaffirming the “ironclad” commitment to protect each other after allies agreed to his demand to ramp up defence spending.
25 June 2025
Trump casts doubt on Nato mutual defence clause
President Donald Trump yesterday cast doubt over the United States’ commitment to defending its Nato partners, suggesting there were “numerous” definitions to the cornerstone of the alliance’s mutual defence clause.
24 June 2025
US top court allows 3rd country deportations to resume
A divided US Supreme Court paved the way on Monday for the Trump administration to resume deportations of undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own.
24 June 2025
Pro-Palestinian protest leader details 104 days spent in US custody
Khalil had been in custody since March facing potential removal proceedings
24 June 2025
Strikes on Iran: Democrats assail ‘erratic’ Trump
Democrats bristled over US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch air strikes on Iran without seeking authorization from Congress, accusing the Republican of violating the constitution and demanding a vote to rein in his war powers.
23 June 2025
Trump gambles on force over diplomacy
For nearly a half-century the United States has squabbled with Iran’s Islamic Republic but the conflict has largely been left in the shadows, with US policymakers believing, often reluctantly, that diplomacy was preferable.
22 June 2025
US judge blocks Trump ban on foreign students at Harvard
A federal judge on Friday indefinitely paused Donald Trump’s bid to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students as the US president said a “deal” with the Ivy League school was in the works.
21 June 2025
US moving third aircraft carrier to Middle East
The USS Gerald R. Ford will depart for Europe next week, a Navy official said Friday, placing a third American aircraft carrier in closer proximity to the Middle East as Israel and Iran trade strikes.
21 June 2025
Trump disavows spy chief Gabbard's take on Iran's nuclear programme
"She's wrong," Trump said
21 June 2025
Pro-Palestinian protest leader released from US custody
Khalil a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son
21 June 2025
Trump ‘Golden Dome’ plan expensive, tricky: experts
President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” defence system is a plan that will face mammoth technical and financial hurdles, and could increase global insecurity, experts say.
20 June 2025
Trump hosts Pakistani army chief, disagrees with India over India-Pakistan war mediation
The lunch meeting was the first time a US president had hosted the head of Pakistan's army
19 June 2025
India-Pakistan ceasefire reached without US mediation, Modi tells Trump
Modi says India had paused its military actions following a request from Islamabad
18 June 2025
Harvard secures extension of court order blocking Trump's international student ban
US District Judge Allison Burroughs, at the end of a hearing in Boston in Harvard's legal challenge to the restrictions, extended to June 23 a temporary restraining order that had been set to expire on Thursday. She said she wanted to give herself more time to prepare a ruling
16 June 2025