“Saudi Arabia expecting a more hostile US after the mid term elections?” – James Dorsey

­ James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia is bracing itself for a potentially more strained relationship with the United States in the wake of Democrats...

Michelle Obama slams Trump in new book

AFP | Former US first lady Michelle Obama says she can "never forgive" Donald Trump for questioning her husband's American citizenship, saying the president and...

“Foreign terror” fighting America is indifferent to domestic mass shootings

AFP | When a gunman entered a California music bar this week and started firing, some of the patrons ran out of backdoors, they smashed...

US China Dialogue in Washington: US denies waging ‘Cold War’

AFP | The United States on Friday insisted it was not pursuing a new "Cold War" with China, but the Pacific powers could only paper...

Even from jail, ‘El Chapo’ looms large in Mexican home state

AFP | He has lost weight in his New York jail cell, and some of his larger-than-life aura, but Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman still looms...

WW1 Anniversary: Trump era rekindles fear of another world war

AFP | World leaders will put on a show of unity this weekend as they commemorate 100 years since the end of World War I,...

US, China meet to explore path forward from tensions

AFP | The United States and China resume top-level talks Friday after months of spiraling tension, looking to see if they can find a way...

US proposes rule banning asylum for illegal migrants

News Desk | Illegal migrants entering through the southern US border will no longer be eligible for asylum under a new rule, the Trump administration...

Geneva after Moscow Conference: US & Russia competing on Afghanistan?

News Analysis | U.S Principal Deputy Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs, Alice Wells, was on the official tour to Pakistan on...

The Americas: Caught between two evils – Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob G. Hornberger | You can’t help but feel sorry for Latin Americans. They inevitably end up with either a right-wing “capitalist” dictator or a...

Marine combat veteran kills 12 in crowded California bar

AFP | A 28-year-old US Marine Corps combat veteran opened fire in a crowded country music bar in California, killing 12 people including a police...

US ‘war on terror’ has killed 500,000 people: study

AFP | About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan due to the US "war on terror" that was launched...