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The two presidents stepped back from the brink in San Francisco. But they haven't ended the danger of war

Join executive editor Holly Baxter as she sits down with a panel of experts from The Independent, including Bel Trew, Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia

Palestinian rights supporters dismiss reports of US-Israel disagreements as Biden maintains staunch backing of Gaza war.

Today at 22 December 2023, A cold day will be expected in Washington today with temperatures reaching a maximum of 9°C and a minimum of 2°C. The cold weath...

A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath

Manuel Ellis was fatally shot by police on 3 March 2020, just three weeks before George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis

We're looking at seven stats to know for the Philadelphia Eagles matchup against the New York Giants on Christmas Day in Week 16

While it may seem glib to repeat the notion of a new cold war, winter 2023-2024 has brought with it the sense that there is now an ever-more uncertain faultline between the west and an increasingly aggressive Russia – perhaps more vividly than at any time since the late 1980s.…

Intense negotiations have dragged on to ensure the US does not veto the UAE-led humanitarian resolution.