USA: Trump awards Boeing major contract to build ‘most lethal’ fighter jets

President Donald Trump has awarded Boeing a multi-billion dollar contract to build the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet, the Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft. Trump described the high-speed…

Belgium: EU delays plans to retaliate against Trump tariffs

The European Union (EU) has delayed plans to hit back at US President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs until the middle of next month. The trading bloc was set…

USA: Tesla makes largest ever Cybertruck recall

Thousands of Tesla Cybertrucks have been recalled in the US due to concerns about part of the electric car’s trim falling off in the model’s eighth and largest ever recall.…

USA: Tesla vandals face up to 20 years in prison- AG Pam Bondi

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday that three defendants accused of vandalism targeting Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicle company could face up to 20 years in prison. Bondi…

USA: Two convicted in murder-for-hire plot of US-Iranian journalist

Two men have been convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme targeting an Iranian-American journalist at her Brooklyn home. A federal jury in New York found Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov guilty…

USA: Ex-Abercrombie boss now facing abuse claims from 40 men

More than 40 men have now come forward accusing the former chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) of rape, sexual assault or drugging, lawyers have told the BBC. Mike…

USA: Trump to order dismantling of US education department

US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to dismantle the Department of Education, the White House says. The move, which he promised to do…

USA: Georgetown University researcher detained by US immigration authorities

A graduate student at Georgetown University who is in the US on a valid visa has been detained by immigration authorities. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, is a postdoctoral…

USA: Trump suggests US could run Ukraine’s power plants

US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia’s President Vladimir…

USA: Palestinian Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil speaks out about his arrest

A Palestinian student activist, who was detained by US immigration officers earlier this month, has spoken out for the first time about his arrest. In a letter dictated over the…