Qatar and the United States are on the verge of finalising an enhanced defence cooperation agreement, top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, after Israel's attack on Hamas political leaders in Doha last week drew widespread condemnation.

It’s clear to me that El Mayo Zambada cut some deals with the US government,” said Texas-based security consultant Robert Almonte.

Political violence has rocked the U.S. multiple times in recent months, culminating with the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university.

Moody's economist Mark Zandi is worried that the US is barreling toward a recession, pegging the odds of a downturn at close to 50% in the next year.

United States President Donald Trump has arrived in the United Kingdom for his second state visit, describing it as a “great honour” to be hosted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle.

The United States, South Korea and Japan have begun an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island in their latest joint drill condemned by North Korea as a “reckless show of strength.”

Ghana has become the latest country to accept people deported from the US as part of its campaign against undocumented migrants. President John Mahama said nationals from various West African countries would now be taken in following a bilateral agreement with the US. He said 14 had already arrived.