North Korea North Korea's rocket engine progress 'significant', says Seoul South Korea says the North’s latest rocket engine test shows that Pyongyang has made “meaningful progress” in its missile capabilities. 20/03/2017
USA White House in lockdown after car bomb scare The White House was once again in lockdown on Saturday after a car reportedly containing a bomb drove up to a security check point. 19/03/2017
USA Trump meets Merkel: an encounter of the odd kind Determined to downplay their differences, most pundits now consider Friday’s face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel to have been an awkward… 18/03/2017
USA Trump and Merkel - the first meeting It was a meeting of might, if not of minds, when the German Chancellor and the new US president met for the first time in Washington. 17/03/2017
USA Russians invested €100 million in Trump properties A Reuters investigation has found Russian elites have invested nearly €100 million in Trump properties before Trump became president 17/03/2017
USA Trade and NATO top agenda as Merkel and Trump hold first meeting in Washington The German Chancellor and the US President have held their first joint press conference. 17/03/2017
USA Merkel meets Trump at the White House German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, meaning their first face-to-face discussions could be tense. 17/03/2017
USA Trade and NATO to top Trump and Merkel talks The last time Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel went to Washington it was at the behest of her close friend and ally Barack Obama. 17/03/2017
USA "Utterly ridiculous": GCHQ trashes White House wiretap claims Britain's GCHQ says claims that it helped Barack Obama eavesdrop on Donald Trump are "nonsense" and "should be ignored". 17/03/2017
USA Enda Kenny urges Trump to help Irish undocumented migrants in the US Donald Trump has described the Irish premier as his ‘new friend’ as the pair attended a lunch in Washington to mark St Patrick’s Day. 16/03/2017
USA Passengers restricted by Trump's travel order allowed to board flights to US Passengers from the six Muslim-majority countries on President Trump’s revised travel order have been allowed to board flights to the United States. 16/03/2017
USA Hawaii judge halts Trump's new travel ban A federal judge in Hawaii has issued an emergency halt to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, blocking it hours before it was due to come into effect. 16/03/2017
USA Prioritizing the military, Trump to send “America first” budget to Congress Determined to make good on his campaign promises, US President Donald Trump will send his first “America first” budget proposal to Congress on Thursday that includes deep cuts to federal programs in o 15/03/2017
USA Trump paid $38m in tax in 2005 according to leak The White House has announced President Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes in 2005 on a $150 million dollar income. 15/03/2017
Markets Financial markets braced for US interest rate hike Federal Reserve policymakers have started a two-day meeting which is almost certain to produce an increase in the cost of borrowing in the US. 14/03/2017
USA White House walks back on Trump wiretap claims When does wiretapping not mean wiretapping? 14/03/2017
USA Millions of Americans set to lose medical insurance A long awaited report into a new Republican healthcare plan claims an estimated 14 million Americans will lose insurance coverage by next year. 14/03/2017
USA White House intrusion was fourth security breach in just 30 months A man will reappear in court on Monday after scaling the fence and entering the grounds late on Friday night 12/03/2017
USA 'I was fired', prominent US prosecutor in standoff with Trump Bharara had been one of 46 holdover Obama appointees who were told by the acting deputy attorney general on Friday to tender their resignations. 12/03/2017
USA White House 'unaware' Flynn was representing Turkey The White House claims that Donald Trump was unaware that his former national security adviser, Mike Flynn, had been lobbying on behalf of Turkey. 11/03/2017