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A dozen US states have joined together on a lawsuit aiming to block President Donald Trump's spate of tariffs that have upended global trade.The...

China has sent back planes it ordered from the US in its latest retaliation over Trump tariffs, the boss of aircraft maker Boeing has...

At least eight people were killed after a bus travelling along the Maiduguri-Damboa road in Nigeria's northeast Borno state on Saturday detonated a landmine,...

Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration's review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, adding that there...

President Donald Trump's administration has exempted smartphones and computers from his reciprocal tariffs, including a 125% tariff on Chinese goods.US Customs and Border Patrol...

Three adults and three children died when the helicopter broke apart mid-air and crashed in the Hudson River. Germany's Siemens said a company executive...

Michelle Obama has spoken out against rumours that her marriage to Barack Obama might be in trouble.The former first lady has not accompanied her...

Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, retaliating against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise duties on Chinese goods...

US President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs for dozens of countries but hikes levies on China to 125%Earlier this...

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to rapidly deport alleged gang...

The Trump administration has fired the head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, the BBC's US partner CBS has reported.The...

President Donald Trump has announced new import taxes of 25% on cars and car parts coming into the US. Trump said the latest tariffs would...

The vast majority of the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) programmes have been terminated following a six-week review, Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 5 rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress...

US President Donald Trump said he would cut funding for universities that allow what he called "illegal" protests and prosecute and deport foreign students...

A Ghanaian-Bronx-based immigration lawyer, Kofi Amankwaa, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving fraudulent filings...

Pope Francis is resting, but remains "critical" with respiratory and kidney problems, more than a week after being admitted to hospital, the Vatican has...

TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban on the...

Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas aid...

The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, by US President...

China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates...

US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of human rights violations against white farmers, continuing a dispute that escalated this week as the...

A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and...

A U.S. Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement...

Toy-making giant Mattel says it may increase its prices in the US to make up for the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs.It comes after...

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was going to put on leave all directly hired employees of the U.S. Agency for International...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Joseph Osei Boateng, a Ghanaian national convicted of sex crimes involving a minor, in Columbus, Ohio.ICE...

Elon Musk has declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “die” amid reports that two top security officials at the...

Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges. Last July, a...

US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m).Trump sued the...

President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move...

A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face prosecution over alleged sextortion of a minor, which led to the victim's death.Hassanbunhussein...

A nationwide immigration crackdown on Sunday resulted in the arrest of 956 people, the most since Donald Trump returned to power, according to Immigration...

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday...

The US will not go ahead with tariffs on Colombia, after Bogota agreed to accept - without restrictions - deported migrants, the White House...

A United States flag carrier, United Airlines flight UA613, outbound from Lagos to Washington late Thursday night, declared an emergency and returned to Lagos...

A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people.An animal rights group...

US President Donald Trump will send 1,500 ground troops to the southern border, along with aircraft support, as part of a crackdown on "illegal aliens". The...