USA

Trump administration key departures

1 August 2017

USA

'Game of Thones' targeted in HBO hack

Cyber criminals claim to have the script of an upcoming episode of the hit show among other stolen data

1 August 2017

Russia

Moscow's retaliation could outweigh Obama's expulsions of Russians

Moscow's retaliation could outweigh Obama's expulsions of Russians

1 August 2017

USA

'You're fired!': White House communications chief ousted

Anthony Scaramucci's 10-day tenure as White House media chief is the shortest in American history.

1 August 2017

USA

US actor and playwright Sam Shepard dies age 73

31 July 2017

USA

Honolulu bans pedestrians from using mobile phones while crossing street

31 July 2017

Russia

What do the 1,200 US diplomatic staff in Russia do?

31 July 2017

Russia

Putin orders expulsion of 755 US diplomatic staff from Russia

30 July 2017

North Korea

Amid new tension, US bombers fly over Korean Peninsula

The US ambassador to the UN Tweeted that her country was "done talking about North Korea"

30 July 2017

USA

Woman calls 911 with boa constrictor 'stuck to her face'

Audio has been released of the moment a US woman called the emergency services because she had a boa constrictor "stuck to her face".

30 July 2017

Estonia

Mike Pence begins Baltics visit

t is being described as a show of US support for NATO allies in the Baltics worried about the reach of Russian influence

30 July 2017

Russia

Astronauts safely join ISS

A new crew has arrived at the International Space Station to boost US research projects aboard the $100 billion orbiting laboratory.

29 July 2017

USA

Trump replaces White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus

28 July 2017

Russia

Moscow requires US to downsize diplomatic missions in Russia

Moscow requires US to downsize diplomatic missions in Russia

28 July 2017

USA

Obamacare repeal bill dies in U.S. Senate as McCain votes 'no'

U.S. Senate Republicans failed to overturn the healthcare law known as Obamacare, in a blow to President Donald Trump that effectively ends the Republican Party's seven-year quest to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

28 July 2017

USA

US senate votes to slap further sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea

A landslide sees senators vote 98-2 in favour of imposing sanctions, despite President Trump's objections.

28 July 2017

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Chincoteague Ponies takes the plunge

More than 200 ponies took part in the annual swim from Assateague Island to neighboring Chincoteague Island on Virginia's eastern shore

27 July 2017

USA

US prison inmates film jailbreak

Footage filmed by escaped inmates shows how they used a bunk bed leg to break out of jail

27 July 2017

USA

Plane crash in Utah kills four

Four people died after a small plane crashed on a Utah highway "killing two couples

27 July 2017

USA

Amateur video captures moment fair-ground ride collapses

27 July 2017