U.S. government partially shuts down
...House vote could reopen it by Monday
The U.S. government partially shut down early Saturday, despite the Senate passing a funding deal hours earlier.
The Senate...
Gold eyes $5,600 on flight to safety; silver tops $120
Gold marched ahead on Thursday, hovering just shy of $5,600 an ounce as investors rushed into safe havens amid geopolitical and economic unease, while...
Border agents involved in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti placed on leave
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says two agents involved in the fatal shooting of an American citizen in Minneapolis have been placed on...
Trump says Ilhan Omar ‘probably had herself sprayed’ in syringe attack
President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Ilhan Omar after learning she was attacked with a syringe during a town hall, accusing the Minnesota...
US congresswoman Ilhan Omar attacked with syringe in Minneapolisy
US Rep Ilhan Omar was attacked during a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday in Minneapolis.
Associated Press reports that a man armed with...
Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump
The organisers of the Nobel peace prize have said it “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” after Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said...
Venezuela swears in interim president after defiant Maduro pleads not guilty in US court
Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela's interim president in a parliamentary session that began with demands for the release from US custody of...
Thirty-two Cubans killed during US attack on Venezuela
The Cuban government says 32 of its nationals were killed during the US operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
It described the dead as...
Spies, drones and blowtorches: How the US captured Maduro
For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President's Nicolas Maduro's every move.
A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been...
World reacts as US bombs Venezuela, captures President, wife
...Reminiscence of 1990 Panama experience
The United States said it hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and that its president had been captured...
