Tag: United States
![Bid for dominance over Asia Pacific tests US, China attempt at detente](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-01T004104Z_959771782_RC2028AOPU5Y_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-SECURITY-1717222547.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin praises a “new era of security” in the Asia-Pacific region,…
![Top US lawmakers invite Israel’s Netanyahu to Congress amid Gaza war](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AFP__20240107__349N4XY__v1__HighRes__IsraelPalestinianConflictCabinet-1707051859.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Despite growing anger over his government’s human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli…
![October 7 survivors are suing pro-Palestinian groups. But what is the aim?](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-04-25T233518Z_904864353_RC2OD7A49GI4_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-USC-PROTESTS-1716640527.jpg?resize=1800,1037)
Nine survivors of the Attacks of October 7 in southern Israel have filed a civil…
![Trump, first ex-president ever convicted of a crime, slams New York trial](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-31T152709Z_1127875072_RC2R18A5ICAI_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-NEW-YORK-PRESSER-1717169341.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Donald Trump has escalated his baseless claims that his New York hush money trial was…
![‘Fearless and gifted’: Afghanistan poised for T20 World Cup knockouts](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP23288574670932-1716748833.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Captain: Rashid KhanMatch pairings: Uganda (4 June), New Zealand (8 June), Papua New Guinea (14…
![Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package, averting US government shutdown](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-02-11T035307Z_2099664616_RC2AZ5AJLMBP_RTRMADP_3_USA-CONGRESS-UKRAINE-1707930035.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The Senate passed the bill after hours of deadlock over funding three-quarters of the government…
![‘Moral failure’: US House approves bill that would ban UNRWA funding](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AFP__20240311__34LE2AA__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflictReligionIslamRamadan-1710592716.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington, D.C. – The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1.2 trillion funding…
![US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24039616033541-1711095178.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington says Morales Urbina “used her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent.”…
![Australia to contribute $3bn for construction of AUKUS submarines](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24082042583065-1711084805.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Defense Minister Richard Marles said allies were working “at pace” to ensure the security agreement…
![US, EU ratchet up pressure on Israel over Gaza ceasefire; UN vote planned](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AFP__20240321__34LX3PY__v2__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflict-1711072312.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The Security Council is expected to vote on the US-drafted ceasefire resolution on Friday and…