Americas

Advisers for the US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have suggested increasing the defense spending target for NATO members to 3% of GDP, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources. The revelation comes as many members of the US-led bloc have recently struggled to reach the current 2% goal.

A group of major labor unions has sent a letter to US President Joe Biden, urging him to stop military aid to Israel as its genocidal war continues in the Gaza Strip.

Spokesman for the US State Department Matthew Miller has responded to a Beijing-brokered “national unity” agreement signed between Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian groups, ruling out any role for the Palestinian group Hamas in running the enclave after the war ends.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold separate meetings with US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump this week.

Democratic politicians and commentators in the United States have heaped praise on President Joe Biden since he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday. But critics say the American leader will be remembered for his support for Israeli crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The meeting between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, set to take place this week, will go ahead as planned despite the American leader having dropped out of the presidential race, the AP has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated Washington is driving towards the "goal line" of getting a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

A court in Russia has sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison for espionage. It's the most high-profile case against a Western journalist since the Cold War.

More than 200 anonymous staff members across 122 US Democratic and Republican congressional offices have signed a letter calling for the Congress to protest or boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech next week on Capitol Hill, citing concerns about the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

Several groups that have been blocking humanitarian aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip have received financial support from donors in the US and Israel, the Associated Press has reported.

The Russian government sought to blame the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump this weekend on the political environment under the Joe Biden administration and said it was an example of the failures of American democracy and “liberalism".

Kiev’s plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin was financed by the United States, Moscow's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed.

A top official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has stated the agency is looking into the shooting that unfolded at former US President Trump’s campaign rally as an assassination attempt as well as a “potential” domestic terrorism act.

Former Iranian diplomat Koroush Ahmadi says an assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump could exacerbate uncertainty and instability within the Democratic camp, further complicating US President Joe Biden's position.

Former US President Donald Trump was injured Saturday evening during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt.

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have agreed on a framework for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden has claimed.

The Kremlin fired back at U.S. President Joe Biden over his comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin during his press conference after the NATO summit in Washington, calling the American leader’s remarks “absolutely unacceptable".

Washington has announced new sanctions on several Israeli settlers and affiliated groups, accusing them of involvement in violence or threats of violence targeting civilians, seizure of property, or other actions that threaten security in the occupied West Bank.

US President Joe Biden's administration will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel amid the war in the Gaza Strip but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in the densely populated enclave, an American official has stated.

American-made F-16 fighter jets are on their way to Ukraine, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, announcing the follow through of a key commitment years in the making.

US President Joe Biden has announced that NATO allies will be providing Ukraine with a significant air defense package, in remarks kicking off the 75th anniversary celebrations of the alliance and a three-day summit focused on shoring up support for the war-torn country.

The White House has announced it did not expect any change in Tehran’s behavior after the election of the relatively moderate Masoud Pezeshkian as president.

A bipartisan group of the US House lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to push Ankara to abide by international law while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in Washington for the NATO Summit between July 9 and 11, raising the alarm over “systematic human rights abuses".

A group of US Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that seeks to force US universities to fully disclose how they will manage Gaza solidarity encampments that have swept the American schools over the past several months.

Twelve American government officials have resigned in protest at President Joe Biden’s Gaza policy, accusing Washington of complicity in the killing and starvation of Palestinians as Israel’s war on the besieged strip approaches it ninth month.