IS ‘Beatle’ guilty of all charges
El Shafee Elsheikh, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles,” was found guilty of all charges on Thursday for the deaths of four American hostages in...
Suspect in New York subway shooting arrested
The man wanted in the shooting of 10 people on a subway in Brooklyn was arrested Wednesday afternoon, a day after the attack on a crowded rush-hour train.
NY Subway shooting: Suspect on the run after injuring 13
At least 13 people were injured during a rush-hour shooting at a subway station in the New York borough of Brooklyn yesterday, where authorities said “several undetonated devices” were recovered...
US aircraft carrier deploys off Korean peninsula
The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group is operating in waters off the Korean peninsula, the US Navy said yesterday, amid tensions over North Korea’s missile launches and concerns that it could soon...
US rebukes India
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of...
Indian stance frustrates US
President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a “candid exchange of views” on the Ukraine crisis at a virtual summit Monday, but the United States appeared to have made little...
10 shot in Brooklyn subway attack: Not being investigated as act of terrorism, say police
A gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and shot multiple people Tuesday, leaving wounded commuters bleeding on a Brooklyn platform as others ran screaming, authorities said. Police...
US schools pull over 1k books in censorship bid: report
More than a thousand book titles, most addressing racism and LGBTQ issues, have been banned from US classrooms and school libraries in the last nine months, many under pressure from conservative...
Pelosi tests positive for Covid
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, has tested positive for Covid-19, her spokesman said Thursday, making her the latest Washington power player to catch the virus.
Global methane emission soars to record levels
Global levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane rose to a record high for a second consecutive year in 2021, according to data released by NOAA on Thursday, hitting the highest levels since...