Whether the alleged Ukrainian plot was real and imminent is still unclear.
Trump has made the attack a part of his campaign pitch.
U.S. President Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the Supreme Court on Monday, Politico reported citing two people familiar with the matter, adding he was likely to back term limits for just...
About a fifth of trains may be cancelled over the weekend and all services will face delays.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/massive-attack-on-french-rail-threatens-more-chaos
A Times video and trajectory analysis indicates a bullet, not debris, wounded Trump.
SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they plan to launch the space agency's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Aug. 18.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/spacex-nasa-to-launch-crew-9-mission-next-month
Russian air defence units intercepted 12 Ukrainian drones in the space of an hour late on Friday over southern Russia's border region of Bryansk, the regional governor said.
MOSCOW - A blast at the East Urengoy gas condensate field in the Yamal-Nenets region in Russia's Arctic has killed one worker and injured nine others and its cause is being investigated, Russian ...
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will "calibrate" its sanctions policy towards Venezuela depending on how the high-stakes election unfolds in the OPEC nation on Sunday, U.S. officials said, ...
A selection of news stories that happened overnight, July 27, 2024.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/while-you-were-sleeping-5-stories-you-might-have-missed-july-27-5
Heavy rain caused a dam to burst in central Russia's Chelyabinsk region on Friday, prompting officials to evacuate several nearby villages, local authorities said.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/heavy-rains-cause-dam-burst-in-central-russia
RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that she opposes shifting the negotiations for a global tax deal to the United Nations from the Organisation for Economic Coop...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/keep-global-tax-negotiations-at-oecd-not-un-yellen-says
NEW YORK/LONDON - As Venezuela heads for pivotal elections at the weekend, its bondholders are on a recruitment drive in the hope the vote will open up some sort of path to the world's biggest de...
RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Friday that "things look good" for Group of Seven wealthy democracies to agree the terms of a $50 billion loan to Ukraine bac...
CIA Director William Burns will meet this weekend in Rome with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts and Qatar's prime minister for talks on a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages by Hamas,...
CARACAS/PANAMA CITY - Authorities from Venezuela and Panama on Friday said normal air travel had resumed between the countries after Panama had earlier accused Venezuela of blocking a plane carry...
WEST PALM BEACH, United States - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sharply criticised his Democratic political rivals and pledged to work for peace in the Middle East if reelected as...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/trump-meets-israeli-pm-netanyahu-in-florida
Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire currently burning in the U.S., which was rapidly expanding near th...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/oregon-wildfire-explodes-to-half-the-size-of-rhode-island
Kyiv has imposed sanctions on Russia's Lukoil that have stopped the company's oil supplies to Slovak and Hungarian refineries.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed after a mine exploded on a highway in Borno state, the hotbed of a Boko Haram militant insurgency, two vigilante officers said on...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/at-least-seven-nigerian-soldiers-killed-by-landmine
A series of video calls supporting Ms Harris’ 2024 election bid has been put together for different demographics.
NEW YORK - Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the notorious alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday after he and a son of a Mexican drug lord were arres...
ANKARA - Turkish police scuffled with protesters in the capital Ankara on Friday during a demonstration against plans to round up millions of stray dogs.