Tag: US
US vows to work with new Sri Lanka leaders
Washington pledged Monday to work with Sri Lanka’s newly-elected government to help improve human rights and democracy, voicing hope the…
British preacher Abu Hamza jailed for life in US
A United States judge sentenced British hate preacher Abu Hamza on Friday to life behind bars for 11 terrorism and…
US Navy commander pleads guilty in bribery scandal
A United States Navy commander pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking bribes including luxury hotel stays, cash and prostitutes in return…
US stocks down as oil hits fresh multi-year low
United States stocks fell again Tuesday on another stormy day for global financial markets as oil prices plummeted to a…
US arraigns two over failed Gambia coup
US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia in a failed coup ostensibly…
US sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
The United States imposed financial sanctions Friday on North Korea and several senior government officials in retaliation for a cyber…
North Korea comedy, ‘The Interview’ hits US cinemas
Raunchy comedy “The Interview” — the movie that has outraged North Korea for lampooning dictator Kim Jong-Un — opened in…
Sony Hack: North Korea’s internet connection downed
North Korea’s weak Internet links appear to have been crippled by a major outage, cyber experts said Monday, suggesting the…
Another US citizen enters N.Korea, slams US govt
North Korea Sunday put on display an American who had apparently entered the country illegally and who strongly denounced the…
Honda expands airbag recall to six million
Japanese automaker Honda said Friday it was extending its US recall nationwide on cars with potentially deadly airbags made by…
Nigeria cancels military training by US
By Simon Ateba The frosty relationship between Nigeria and the United States worsened on Monday with Nigeria cancelling a training…
Pandemonium as #BlackFriday hits Britain
Police blasted stores for bringing “Black Friday” to Britain, with the US sales event descending into chaotic fist fights as…
US announces visa application changes in Nigeria
By Simon Ateba For Nigerians planning to travel to the United States, the visa application process has changed, an official…
Germany to drop probe into US spying on Merkel
Germany is dropping a probe into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by US spies, due to…
Doctor with Ebola dies in US hospital
A doctor from Sierra Leone who was being treated at a US hospital for Ebola has died, the Nebraska Medical…
Ebola-infected doctor ‘extremely critical’ in US
A doctor receiving care United States after falling ill with Ebola in his native Sierra Leone remains in “extremely critical”…
IS claims beheading of US aid worker Kassig
The Islamic State group on Sunday released a video claiming the beheading of US aid worker Peter Kassig in a…
Ebola-infected doctor from Sierra Leone flown to US
A doctor from Sierra Leone who has contracted Ebola was early Saturday flown to the US where he has residency…
US and China announce ‘historic’ accord
The United States and China on Wednesday announced an action plan on greenhouse emissions as part of a “historic” pact…
Boko Haram: Nigeria blasts US for refusing to sell arms
Nigeria’s ambassador to Washington has blasted the United States for refusing to sell his country the weapons needed to deliver…
US, China reach ‘understanding’ on IT tariff cuts
The United States and China have “reached an understanding” on an agreement to reduce tariffs on information technology trade, the…
US, UN condemn Yobe school suicide bomb attack
International condemnation trailed Monday’s suicide bomb attack at a government boarding school in Potiskum, Yobe, which reportedly killed several students…
Republicans keep US House majority; Senate in play
The Republican party kept control of the US House of Representatives in midterm elections Tuesday, early media projections showed, as…
US judge says nurse can leave home in Ebola row
A US judge ruled Friday that a nurse quarantined by her home state after treating Ebola patients in Africa could…
US spy agencies spent nearly $68 bn in 2014
US spy agencies spent nearly $68 billion in fiscal year 2014, about the same level of spending on intelligence gathering…
US soldiers under Ebola quarantine in Italy sent packing
Veneto President Luca Zaia on Wednesday said Italy should not allow US soldiers returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia to be quarantined…
New commander takes over US Ebola mission in W.Africa
A new commander on Saturday took over the US military mission to combat Ebola in West Africa, the Pentagon said.…
IS attack on Kobane stalls amid US air assault
A bid by Islamic State fighters to seize the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobane has stalled, American officials said,…
Rwanda ends Ebola checks on travellers from US, Spain
Rwanda lifted Thursday Ebola travel restrictions on travellers who had been in the United States and Spain after the president…
Poll: Ebola fears rise in US but most confident in response
After two health care workers in Texas were infected with Ebola while caring for a Liberian patient, a poll Tuesday…