Tag: US
Sirleaf angry over countryman with Ebola in Texas
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said she is “very angry” with a fellow Liberian, Thomas Duncan, who travelled to…
Ebola strikes fourth American as UN steps up response
The US prepared Friday to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the head of the UN’s…
US lifts 40-year arms ban to boost Vietnam sea defense
In a decision likely to anger China, the US is partly lifting a 40-year ban on arms sales to former…
US hunts contacts of Ebola patient, including kids
Health officials in Texas on Wednesday scoured the Dallas area for people, including schoolchildren, who came in contact with a…
US hospital bungled report of Africa travel in Ebola case
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States initially told a nurse he had traveled in Africa but…
US Ebola patient had contact with kids – Governor
A man who was diagnosed with Ebola in virus in Texas came in contact with young children, and experts are…
US-led strikes hit IS outside Syria’s Ain al-Arab
United States-led forces carried out at least five air strikes on Wednesday against Islamic State group fighters attacking the Syrian…
Suspect in US workplace beheading charged with murder
The suspect in a workplace attack in Oklahoma in which a woman was beheaded has been charged with first degree…
We cannot bomb IS into obscurity – US military
The United States military cannot bomb the Islamic State group into “obscurity,” it cautioned Tuesday, appealing for patience in its…
US Ebola patient is first diagnosed outside Africa
The United States has diagnosed its first case of Ebola in a man who was infected in Liberia and traveled…
Man arrested in Ethiopian embassy shooting in Washington
United States Secret Service agents arrested a man after he fired a gun outside the Ethiopian embassy in Washington on…
Man arrested in Australia over funding US fighter in Syria
A man was arrested in counterterror raids in Australia on Tuesday, with police alleging he was sending money to a…
US unveils $83 mn in aid for S. Sudan
The United States on Monday unveiled some $83 million in new aid for South Sudanese refugees who have fled fighting…
US-led strikes hit Syria’s Raqa, Aleppo provinces
Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo…
2015: US tells INEC to ensure displaced persons vote
A United States election security expert, Dr Patrick Quirk, has called on INEC to ensure that Nigerians displaced by conflict…
US offers grants to alumni in Nigeria
By Simon Ateba The United States government has created innovation funds and grants to support projects by its exchange programme…
At UN, Cuba slams US sanctions
Cuba on Saturday slammed the United States for applying unilateral sanctions as a foreign policy instrument — like the five-decade…
US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria
The US-led coalition hit Islamic State group targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish border Saturday where tens of…
US worker beheads colleague after losing job
A worker who had recently tried to convert colleagues to Islam beheaded one of them in a frenzied knife rampage…
Nigeria passes test to continue US flights
By Simon Ateba Nigerian planes are safe and will continue to fly directly to the United States, the American Federal…
2015 Election: US promises assist to INEC
The United States on Wednesday said it was willing to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in delivering credible…
US drones kill eight militants in Pakistan
United States drones Wednesday fired missiles at a compound and vehicle and killed at least eight militants in a restive…
IS Jihadists urge Muslims to kill citizens of US, France, others
The Islamic State group called on Muslims to kill citizens of all countries taking part in the US-led anti-jihadist coalition…
Kashamu still wanted in US for drug charges
Alhaji Buruji Kashamu, a chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and self styled chief mobiliser of the party…
Iran rejected US request for cooperation against IS
Iran rejected a US request for cooperation against the jihadist Islamic State group early in its advance in Iraq and…
Iran accuses US of violating sovereignty in anti-IS fight
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council accused the United States on Saturday of violating the sovereignty of nations…
US sanctions are ‘disconnected from reality’ – Russia
Russia’s parliamentary speaker on Friday denounced new US sanctions against Moscow as “disconnected from reality”, and charged the Ukraine crisis…
US warplanes to fly from Iraqi base
United States combat aircraft will soon start flying out of a base in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as…
Ebola patient arrives at US hospital
European Union nations will hold fresh talks Wednesday about when to implement fresh sanctions against Russia, officials said, as differences…
Ebola: Nigeria, others to get $10mn aid from US
The United States will contribute $10 million to pay for medical workers and equipment to fight the deadly Ebola epidemic…