New coronavirus variant identified in New York – study
The new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about 12% of cases....
Jewish Trump aide considering challenging rep. who voted for impeachment
Gonzalez, who currently represents Ohio’s 16th District, was one of 10 Republicans in the US House of Representatives who voted to impeach Trump. White House...
US renews funding pledge to Palestinians, as PA economy shrinks by 11.5%
The US has pledged to renew financial assistance to the Palestinians at an international donor meeting that grappled with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
US report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince
A declassified version of a US intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018...
Pentagon tests prototype for space energy beam – report
Are space lasers more than just a myth? No – but this solar-powered electricity beam is literally and figuratively out of this world. Pentagon scientists...
Trump may soon have to answer rape allegations under oath
During a December visit to New York City, writer E. Jean Carroll says she went shopping with a fashion consultant to find the “best outfit”...
Top executives of Texas electric grid resign after storm failure
Top directors of Texas's electric grid operator, who faced sharp criticism from a massive failure of the state power system last week that left millions...
Teachers may play role in in-school COVID-19 transmission – US CDC
Teachers may play an important role in the transmission of COVID-19 within schools, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday,...
A day that will live in infamy: US crosses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
The United States on Monday crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just over a year since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first known...
Tiger Woods badly hurt in car crash, expected to survive
Golfing champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with multiple injuries suffered when his car veered off a road and rolled down...
Wife of ‘El Chapo’ drug cartel chief arrested – US Justice Department
She was charged in a one-count complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines for unlawful importation into the United States. Emma Coronel...
US Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns
US Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns - among other things The Supreme Court also agreed to weigh Trump administration abortion referral restriction...
Trump may dangle possibility of 2024 run in first post-White House speech
Former President Donald Trump is likely to dangle the possibility of running again for president in 2024 in his first major post-White House speech this...
Israel’s strategy as the US reaches out to Iran – analysis
Israel’s strategic leaders are expected to hold their first dialogue on Iran Monday, a full month after US President Joe Biden assumed the US presidency. Yet...
Trump’s second acquittal from impeachment – Democracy or hypocrisy?
Early on Sunday morning last week a friend called me up in an emotional storm. It was the morning after Donald Trump’s second acquittal from...
US won’t unilaterally lift Trump era sanctions against Iran
The United States has no plans to meet Tehran’s demand that it lift Trump-era sanctions against Iran as a prerequisite to holding talks to reenter...
Trump to make first public post-presidency speech, discuss party’s future
Former US president Donald Trump will seek to return to the political spotlight in an address to a major meeting of conservatives, a source familiar...
Director Samantha Stark on ‘Framing Britney Spears’
At 39, Britney Spears remains stuck in a court-sanctioned conservatorship controlling much of her life, and her fortune. Samantha Stark, director of the New York...
Companies slash donations to politicians after Trump election challenge
Ten US corporations slashed donations to candidates seeking federal office by more than 90% in January, after pledging to cut off giving to the Republicans...
The real message Netanyahu should take from Biden’s phone call
There were any number of ways it could have gone. In 2001, George W. Bush called Ehud Barak seven days after the inauguration for what...
United 777-200 suffers engine failure but safely returns to Denver airpor
A United Airlines flight landed safely at Denver International Airport on Saturday after suffering a right engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said, with dramatic...
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West to divorce – US media reports
Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West, according to reports in the US media. There have been reports of marital difficulties between...
Rich nations stockpiling a billion more Covid-19 shots than needed: report
Rich countries are on course to have over a billion more doses of Covid-19 vaccines than they need, leaving poorer nations scrambling for leftover supplies...
Biden: White supremacists are ‘the most dangerous people’ in America
President Joe Biden, saying domestic terrorism was the “greatest threat” in America and white supremacists are the “most dangerous people,” pledged to focus his Justice...
Trump attacks ‘dour’ Republican leader McConnell
Former US president Donald Trump has launched a scathing personal attack on fellow Republican Mitch McConnell. Relations soured between Mitch McConnell, left, and Donald Trump...
NFL star Zack Banner to host virtual Athletes Against Antisemitism event
Co-hosting will be Washington Nationals first baseman Josh Bell and Israeli-American Washington Mystics basketball player Alysha Clark. Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner (72) against...
Nearly 30% of Republicans believe central tenet of QAnon conspiracy- poll
The conspiracy theory has also been endorsed in the past by two Republican congresswomen, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, though both have since disavowed...
A return to the 2015 Iran deal is impossible
Newly appointed officials in the Biden administration continue to voice their support for reentering the controversial 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint...
What signals is Biden sending about his Middle East policy?
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” Will Rogers once quipped, a remark as true in diplomatic relations as in personal...
Trump refused to call off rioters as Republican leader pleaded – CNN
"Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are," Trump reportedly told House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy. SUPPORTERS OF...
Titus to Trump: A book for those who believe in biblical prophecy
Josh Reinstein believes passionately that the world’s view of Israel has long been, and largely remains, blinkered. To take the perennial Israel-Palestine dispute as an...
Republican enthusiasm for Trump 2024 lags as impeachment trial nears end
Senate Republicans, while likely to acquit former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, showed little enthusiasm this week for a possible second White House...
State Dept. revokes terrorist designation on Yemen’s Houthi movement
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will remove the designation of the Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization and a Specially Designated...
US said weeks, IDF said years – How long will it take Iran to get a bomb?
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in late January that Iran could be “weeks away” from having enough material for a nuclear bomb. An...
U.S. calls on Turkey to immediately release jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala
The United States on Wednesday called on Turkey to immediately release philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala, who has been detained for more than...
Taiwan, U.S. hold first Washington meeting under new administration
Taiwan and the United States have held their first publicly acknowledged formal meeting in Washington under the new Biden administration, with the island’s de facto...
Trump impeachment: new footage shows mob targeting lawmakers
House Democrats prosecuting in Donald Trump's impeachment trial have shown security footage from inside the US Capitol, highlighting how members of the pro-Trump mob searched...
Biden administration plans to continue to seek extradition of WikiLeaks’ Assange: official
President Joe Biden’s administration plans to continue to seek to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States to face...
U.S. closely monitoring India-China border disputes: State Dept
The United States is closely monitoring border disputes between India and China and backs their peaceful resolution through direct dialogue, the State Department said on...
U.N. in talks with U.S. on Central American refugees applying for asylum from home
The United Nations Refugee Agency has held initial talks with U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration about Central American asylum claimants being processed in their own...
UK police arrest eight in probe into U.S. celebrities SIM-swapping attacks
British police said on Tuesday they had arrested eight people as part of an investigation into the SIM-swapping hijacking of U.S. celebrities’ phones. Britain’s National...
U.S. to scrutinize WHO report that rules out COVID-19 came from Chinese lab
The Biden administration is looking forward to scrutinizing data included in a World Health Organization report released on Tuesday that said the COVID-19 virus did...
Trump’s impeachment trial starts with graphic video of deadly Capitol assault
US senators have voted to move forward with Donald Trump's impeachment trial on a charge of inciting last month's deadly assault on the Capitol, rejecting...
Biden administration moves to rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his...
More Americans are expatriating in 2020 than ever before
Some 6,705 Americans chose to renounce their US citizenship in 2020, according to an IRS report dated January 27 and published on Thursday. This is...
Iran-based dissidents urge Biden to keep sanctions on Islamic Republic
Iran-based dissidents, many of whom have been persecuted by the clerical regime, sent a letter to US President Joe Biden urging his administration to continue...
Israel, Iran take backseat in Biden’s foreign policy speech – analysis
US President Joe Biden’s first foreign policy speech focused on urgent issues, such as the situation in Myanmar and the war in Yemen, alongside several...
Fired Ohio policeman pleads not guilty in Andre Hill’s killing, bond set at $3 million
A former Ohio police officer pleaded not guilty on Friday to murder and other charges in the shooting death of an unarmed Black man, the...
Biden ends deadlock over first African and first woman to lead WTO
The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by expressing its "strong support" for Nigeria's ex-finance...
Fox cancels Lou Dobbs’ weekday show on Fox Business Network
Fox Corp’s Fox Business Network has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” a weekday program hosted by the business journalist and vocal supporter of former President Donald...