Sources: BBC
Israel rejects proposals from the United States, Australia, and the European Union to initiate a temporary 21-day ceasefire with Hezbollah. 2024-09-26
Two police officers and a paramedic are killed while responding to a domestic dispute in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States. The perpetrator is also killed. 2024-02-18
The United States Department of the Treasury bans all trading of Russian debt and stocks, including on the secondary market. 2022-06-7
Jarrod Ramos is sentenced to life in prison for the June 2018 murders of five employees in a mass shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. 2021-09-28
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses the United States of supporting "the PKK terrorists", following the killing of 13 Turkish hostages held captive in Kurdistan Region. Turkey also summons the U.S. ambassador David M. Satterfield in response to the killings. 2021-02-15
The United States departments of Commerce and Treasury announce removal of a series of restrictions on Americans traveling to and doing business with Cuba effective September 21, 2015. The U.S. economic embargo, itself, remains in place until Congress acts. 2015-09-18
The United States military places a Sea-based X-band Radar in a position where it can detect any possible missile launches by North Korea, while President Barack Obama vows to protect both the U.S. and its allies. 2013-04-11
The U.S. Senate votes to repeal the Jackson–Vanik amendment, a long-standing trade restriction with Russia. In its place, the Magnitsky bill is adopted instead. The law requires the United States to place financial and visa restrictions on a list of officials associated with the torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky three years ago. 2012-12-6
Daniel Patrick Boyd pleads guilty to terrorism charges in a trial in the US state of North Carolina. 2011-02-9
The American Civil Liberties Union condemns a U.S. Justice Department report that suggested 47 Guantánamo Bay detainees should be held indefinitely without trial. 2010-01-23