Saturday, June 6, 2026

World

Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea

China's president Xi Jinping will meet Kim Jong Un next week in a trip to North Korea, in his first visit in nearly seven years, according to both countries'...

US House delivers rebuke to Trump as it votes to halt Iran war

The US House of Representatives has passed a measure that seeks to halt President Donald Trump from taking...

Trump: Vance and Rubio 2028 run would be unbeatable

US President Donald Trump said in a podcast interview aired on Wednesday that ​Vice President JD Vance and...

UK police under pressure after dying student was handcuffed

British police faced a national backlash on Tuesday over ​the inflammatory case of an 18-year-old student who was...

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China

The U.S. ‌Department of Commerce on Sunday moved to close a potential loophole that may have led companies...

Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret Service near White House

A gunman who shot at a White House security checkpoint was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening,...

President Trump says Caribbean green card seekers must now return home to apply

In a stunning move on Friday, the Trump administration in the United States announced that Caribbean and other applicants for permanent residency status, or...

Rubio says Cuba is threat to US as Havana accuses him of ‘lies’

Cuba poses a "national security threat" to the US and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is "not high", US Secretary of State Marco...

US-bound plane diverts to Canada after person from Ebola-hit region boards ‘in error’

A plane from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Canada after a passenger from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the...

US charges Cuba’s Raúl Castro with murder 

The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the downing of two planes...

WHO warns Ebola numbers will rise further

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there have now been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, with numbers expected to rise...