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US Navy: Coast Guard ship transited Taiwan Strait after Blinken’s China visit
A US Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet said on Thursday, transiting the sensitive waterway a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a rare visit to Beijing.
The…
Increased US Air Force presence in Middle East is show of force and deterrence, says commander
The US Air Force has stepped up its presence in the Middle East to help combat the growing challenges arising from the activities of regional and international adversaries in the region, according to an American military chief.
Lt. Gen.…
At least 6 killed, dozens injured in weekend shootings across US
At least six people including a Pennsylvania state trooper were killed and dozens injured in a string of weekend violence and mass shootings across the US.
The shootings in suburban Chicago, Washington state, Pennsylvania, St. Louis,…
Driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in US history
A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.…
Blinken heads to Beijing hoping to calm fears of a US-China break
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken flies to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the US and China. But he and his Chinese counterparts can achieve at least one thing,…
US, Iran eye release of detainees, unfreezing of assets in indirect talks to cool tensions
The United States is holding talks with Iran to sketch out steps that could limit the Iranian nuclear program, release some detained US citizens and unfreeze some Iranian assets abroad, Iranian and Western officials said.
These steps…
American arrested for assault on 2 US tourists in Germany that left one woman dead
An American man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two US tourists near Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany and then pushing them down a steep slope, an attack that left one of the women dead, authorities said Thursday.…
US announces $920 million in humanitarian aid for Syria
The US announced $920 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Syria during an aid conference in Brussels on Thursday, the State Department said.
The announcement brings the total US humanitarian assistance to Syria and the…
Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees two small hikes by end of 2023
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but signaled in new projections that borrowing costs may still need to rise by as much as half of a percentage point by the end of this year, as the US central bank reacted to a…
Ex-Harvard morgue manager indicted for trafficking body parts — US prosecutors
The former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School was among five people indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday over allegations they stole and sold body parts from cadavers donated to the school, federal prosecutors said.
Cedric Lodge,…