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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits surged to the highest level in more than 1-1/2 years last week, but layoffs are probably not accelerating as the data covered the Memorial Day holiday, which could…

China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida. The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials familiar with classified intelligence,…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a new process that will enable Afghan nationals to renew their parole and continue to live and work in the United States. "The new process is streamlined and will be at no…

A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday. Police said they arrested one suspect, a 19-year-old man who…

A man, Michael Tisius, who fatally shot two Missouri jail guards in 2000 was executed on Tuesday after the governor and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on a wide range of bilateral issues in Jeddah. A U.S official said Blinken and the crown prince, the de-facto ruler of the kingdom who is…

The United States and India have concluded a roadmap for defence industry cooperation that is expected to bolster New Delhi's defence manufacturing ambitions. The roadmap was finalised at a meeting between visiting U.S. Defence Secretary…

The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia. The jet fighters created a…

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has said that conflict with the United States would be an "unbearable disaster" but that his country seeks dialogue over confrontation. Speaking at Asia's top security summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue,…

U.S. job growth accelerated in May, authorities have said, but a jump in the unemployment rate to a seven-month high of 3.7% suggested that labor market conditions were easing. There was an increase in…