Saudi de facto ruler approved operation that led to Khashoggi’s death: U.S.

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to U.S. intelligence r...

Jamal Khashoggi , President Joe Biden , Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Saudi Arabia , U.S intelligence

Woods moved to new hospital to continue recovery

By Reuters,

Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said on Thursday, as he recovers from multiple injuries su...

U.S. conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-b...

Iran

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history as first woman, first African WTO head

By Reuters,

Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , World Trade Organization

Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics

By CNN,

It is still Donald Trump’s Republican Party - at least for now. The vote by 43 of the 50 Republican senators to acquit Trump on the charge of inc...

Donald Trump

Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

Trump writes letter quitting actors’ union before he’s kicked out

By CNN,

He didn't want to be fired, so he quit. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday submitted his resignation from SAG-AFTRA, the union representing ...

Donald Trump

Trump rejects call to testify at his impeachment trial

By Reuters,

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday rejected a request from Democrats to testify at his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate next we...

Donald Trump

U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps

By Reuters,

The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and ot...

china , Muslims , sexual abuse , systematic rape

Trump fundraising committee raised Ksh.3.4B at close of 2020

By Reuters,

Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising committee, formed after he lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden, raised $30.9 million in the...

Trump

Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

By CNN,

President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...

abortion , marie stopes , PEPFAR

WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan leaves quarantine

By Reuters,

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

U.S. to reverse Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president

By Reuters,

The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes o...

Joe Biden , US

In Senate deal, Trump impeachment trial put off until early February

By Reuters,

The leaders of the U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more...

Sport hails new Biden-Harris administration

By Reuters,

Sports trailblazers Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe and Lewis Hamilton were among those hailing the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice ...

Joe Biden , kamala harris

Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

Trump ends tumultuous term under cloud, faces uncertain future

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump leaves the presidency on Wednesday under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single four-year term stained by two impeac...

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Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says

By Reuters,

U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s...

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. military pulls last troops out of Somalia

By VOA,

The United States military has completed withdrawing troops from Somalia, according to the U.S. Africa Command. Also Read: US President Donald Trum...

Africom , Al Shabaab , somalia

Trump sought the world’s attention and got it. Now the White House reality show ends

By Reuters,

A red tie, often tied too long. A raised fist, often held high to a supportive crowd. A scowling face. A raised voice. President Donald Trump never...

Donald Trump , US , Vice President Joe Biden