Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was taken to hospital after an attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed, with her lawyers saying she remained alive after two doses of pentobarbital were administered. Pike, 50, was scheduled to be executed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville at about 8pm local time on Wednesday….
The last British and American troops have left Iraq, bringing the international coalition’s military mission against Islamic State to an end after more than a decade of operations in the country. Around 100 remaining UK personnel departed Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region alongside US forces on Wednesday, completing a withdrawal agreed between Washington and Baghdad….
The White House has barred CNN from travelling with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One for his trip to Tennessee on Saturday, renewing a dispute over media access days after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore access to the network. CNN had been scheduled to serve in the television press pool covering…
A Florida judge has found plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski guilty of murdering lawyer Steven Cozzi, who disappeared from his Clearwater law firm in March 2023. Kosowski was charged with first-degree murder in the death of the 41-year-old attorney. Prosecutors argued that he developed a personal obsession with Cozzi and methodically planned the killing. Cozzi had…
US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has unveiled a $2.45bn recovery plan to begin reconstruction and governance projects in Gaza. The six-month plan was presented in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. It includes 66 projects covering temporary housing, infrastructure, healthcare, economic recovery and security. The board…
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, prompting protests and calls for an independent investigation. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez (28) was shot in the torso shortly before 1pm on Sunday during a federal immigration operation in north Austin. He was taken to hospital in serious…
US President Donald Trump has announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico are being banned from the White House, escalating his long-running dispute with news organisations over their coverage of his administration. Trump announced the move on Truth Social on Friday, accusing the three outlets of repeatedly reporting what he called “fiction and lies”. He…
The United States, Denmark and Greenland have reached a security agreement that will expand the US military presence in Greenland after months of tensions over President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the territory. Trump said the agreement gives the US “permanent control” over Greenland’s security and allows Washington to take measures it considers…
The US Department of Justice has charged five people accused of working with Russian intelligence services to organise attacks and planned killings in the United States and Europe. The charges, unsealed on Tuesday, allege that members of the Russian Intelligence Services Network paid or attempted to pay people to surveil and target individuals seen as…
Alex Saab, a former Venezuelan minister and ally of Nicolás Maduro, has pleaded guilty to a US money laundering conspiracy and agreed to forfeit $195 million. Saab entered the guilty plea on Tuesday before a federal judge in Miami, Florida. Under the agreement, he will also cooperate with US prosecutors and faces a maximum sentence…
