South Florida was starting to feel the effects of Hurricane Irma, with the National Weather Service reporting that the area is starting to see hurricane-force wind gusts with some tornadoes possible.more
Wednesday-Thursday is expected to be the highest water level in Houston, Texas, in the southern United States, much of which has already been flooded by Hurricane Harvey, which then turned into a tropical storm.more
Helicopters plucked desperate flood victims from rooftops Sunday while boats and trucks swept hundreds more residents to safety as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey fueled historic rains and devastating flooding across a wide swath of East Texas.more
Monday's solar eclipse was truly an American experience, visible as a partial eclipse from all 50 states and as a total eclipse from a 70-mile-wide sliver of 14 states. While total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth about every 18 months, it has been 38 years since the last total solar eclipse passed through the United States, and 99 years since the last coast-to-coast eclipse.more
The United States issued its annual religious freedom report on Tuesday, slamming allies and foes alike for their shortcomings at a time when its own record has come under fire.more
British cybersecurity researcher who stopped WannaCry attack is denying that he created and sold malware designed to steal people's online banking details.more
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Sunday that there is no "imminent" threat of North Korea attacking the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, but he still expects the country to continue developing its missile program even as other countries call on it to stop.more
US President Donald Trump is likely to come to the UK next year. Downing Street and the White House are believed to be looking at options for the visit.more
President Donald Trump celebrated the liberation of Mosul from the grip of the Islamic State in a statement Monday in which he vowed to "continue to seek the total destruction of ISIS."more
US President Donald Trump's son agreed to meet a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer last year after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reports.more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a veteran businessman and a former spy, meet in person for the first time on Friday in the most highly anticipated encounter on the sidelines of the G20 summit.more
Today's editions of British newspapers point to the sharp tone of Thursday's speech by US President Donald Trump in Warsaw. They emphasize the criticism of Russia and the reaction of the Poles, who welcomed his words about the need to defend the values.more
Donald Trump's visit to Warsaw, and especially his speech at Krasinskich Square, shared the German commentators. For some, the US president "has the right words," for others it was unkind, and others criticized his "warlike" tone.more
Donald Trump warned that the survival of the west is at risk as he lashed out at hostile forces ranging from Islamic terrorism to Russia, statism and secularism during a speech in Poland.more
Presidents of Poland Andrzej Duda and US - Donald Trump met on Thursday afternoon. The meeting took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, without translators and advisers.more
When transatlantic relations were at their nadir in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the then US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld ruffled feathers in the EU by labelling part of it as "old" Europe and drawing a contrast with its newer eastern states.more
