United States (US)

United States (US)

On 14 April 1865 John Wilkes Booth (left) shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln. On 22 November 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald (middle) shot and killed President John F Kennedy. Thomas Matthew Crooks (right) fired shots from an “AR-style” rifle that grazed former US President Donald Trump’s ear on 13 July 2024. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, REUTERS

Trump assassination attempt: The many motives behind US political violence

While the motives of some of the US politicians’ assassins have never been determined, it is safe to say that US political violence is rooted in diverse ‘killer’ motives – ranging from political...

Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump is assisted by US Secret Service personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Long list of US presidents have been shot or shot at

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China July 8, 2024. Photo: China Daily via REUTERS

Hungary's PM travels to Washington after talks with China's Xi

Waves crash as Hurricane Beryl strikes, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, July 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Storm Beryl spares Mexico's Yucatan beaches, takes aim at Texas

People walk at the remains of a market after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

US has 'undeniable complicity' in Gaza war killings, say former US officials

Atlanta, June 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Joe Biden's disastrous debate blamed on bad preparation, exhaustion

Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-geun pose for a press photo during the inaugural Trilateral Commerce and Industry Ministerial Meeting at the Commerce Department in Washington, US, June 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

US, Japan, South Korea vow strategic cooperation to boost security, economies

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore June 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su

US, Russia defence chiefs speak as tensions rise over Crimea attack

Ukrainian serviceman of the 33rd Separate Mechanised Brigade, Oleh, 49 years old, prepares a shell for an M109L self-propelled howitzer before firing towards Russian troops near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

Western arms reach Ukraine front lines, relieving some pressure

State flags of Russia and North Korea fly in a street near a railway station during the visit of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to Vladivostok, Russia April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

North Korean official criticises US for expanding support for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo Collected

Russia tells US: We need to talk, but Ukraine must be on agenda

A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is seen during a military display in the South China Sea April 12, 2018. Picture taken April 12, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

US and China hold first informal nuclear talks in 5 years, eyeing Taiwan

Gordon Black, a US Army staff sergeant, who was detained in Russia on May 2 on suspicion of stealing from a woman he was in a relationship with, appears in a court in Vladivostok, Russia, June 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/ File Photo

US soldier jailed for nearly four years in Russia after love story turns sour