Iconic rock band the B-52s will no longer perform at a White House dinner for Australia's premier due to the "sorrow" of the Israel-Hamas conflict,…

25 October 2023 · 1 min read

President Joe Biden wants the US House of Representatives to swiftly choose a new speaker after Republican Kevin McCarthy was axed by his own party, the White…

4 October 2023 · 1 min read

The White House said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expects to hold a "leader-level diplomatic engagement" with President Vladimir Putin…

5 September 2023 · 1 min read

With a dramatic, buzzer-beater from Derrick White, the Boston Celtics forced their NBA Eastern Conference Finals series with the Miami Heat to a…

28 May 2023 · 2 min read

There was no escalator like last time, no offensive nicknames like always, and none of the awkward dancing that sometimes features, but supporters got exactly…

16 November 2022 · 2 min read

Instagram and Twitter said they have restricted the accounts of US rap star Kanye West over posts slammed as anti-Semitic.

10 October 2022 · 2 min read

Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed 20 people — mostly…

1 October 2022 · 2 min read

The White House on Friday rebuked the head of the World Bank David Malpass, who is battling charges of climate denial for dodging questions on the role of…

24 September 2022 · 3 min read

The UN report detailing serious rights abuses by China in its Xinjiang region found possible crimes against humanity but not genocide — an atrocity crime tough…

3 September 2022 · 3 min read