Sources: BBC CBS
Heat waves are reported across the eastern and central United States, with 23 states placed under heat warnings by the National Weather Service. 2026-07-3
One person is killed, ten people are injured, and nine others are missing in a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Longview, Washington, United States. 2026-05-26
Japan, South Korea and the United States agree to boost multilateral military cooperation and defense issues. 2019-11-15
The World Trade Organization authorizes the United States to impose about US$7.5 billion in tariffs on goods from the European Union every year. The WTO started the probe in 2005 after the United States complained that European subsidies to Airbus damage Boeing airplane sales. 2019-10-2
The United Nations special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, accuses the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden of "ganging up" on Julian Assange and subjecting him to "psychological torture" and "collective persecution" after spending seven years living inside London's Ecuadorian Embassy. 2019-06-1
The temporary protected status of Haitians living in the United States is extended for six months. 2017-05-22
United to End Genocide, an American-based human rights group, in the aftermath of the country’s historic election, warns that ethnic and religious tension in Myanmar could boil over and lead to violence. 2015-11-9
At a court in New York City, a US District Judge sentences the radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri to a life sentence for terrorism offences in the United States. 2015-01-9
At the IAEA, the United States accuses Syria that its "own destabilizing actions are no justification for its refusal" regarding Syria's NPT obligations. 2012-09-14
Washington, D.C. is to become the first American city to hand out free female condoms in the battle against HIV-AIDS. 2010-03-6