The United States
US opens its Jerusalem embassy in ceremony
The United States officially opens its deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy in a ceremony that included a video address by President Donald Trump.
US to exhume Pearl Harbor remains
The remains of nearly 400 US servicemen killed at Pearl Harbor are to be exhumed so they may be identified and given individual burials.
American leadership in a multipolar world
GIVING up the spotlight is never easy. The United States, like many aging celebrities, is struggling to share the stage with new faces, especially
US blocks Intel chip export to China
The US government has refused to let Intel help China update the world's biggest supercomputer due to concerns about its nuclear research.
US and Cuba hold historic meeting
The highest level meeting between US and Cuba takes place in Panama for the first time in more than half a century.
Indiana law 'grossly misconstrued' says governor
The governor of Indiana has defended a new law that has unleashed a wave of condemnation across the United States of America
Can Obama sell the nuclear deal with Iran?
THE clock is ticking in Lausanne in Switzerland where the foreign ministers of the United States of America and five other countries have been meeting their counterpart from Iran.
US pledges to keep funding Afghan forces
The United States assures Afghanistan's leaders it will keep funding Afghan security forces at a targeted peak level of 352,000 personnel at least into 2017 to provide stability as foreign troops withdraw from the country