President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians.

Eclipse mania gripped North America on Monday as a breathtaking celestial spectacle observed by tens of millions of people offered a rare convergence of commercial and scientific opportunities – and an excuse to party.

The US state of Oklahoma has carried out its first execution for 2024, giving a lethal injection to a man convicted of a double murder.

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause of death.

A monster fundraiser for one, a tribute to a fallen police officer for the other, President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump will be on the campaign trail in New York on Thursday.

Elon Musk, the CEO behind X , has set the platform abuzz with groundbreaking updates, sending users into a frenzy of excitement.

Boeing Co (BA.N), opens new tab CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end, in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis stemming from a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane.

The inflation rate in the US picked up in February, as prices for petrol and housing pushed higher.

Venezuela has announced it will hold presidential elections on 28 July - months earlier than expected.

The US Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a state court ruling that could have barred Donald Trump from the ballot for allegedly engaging in insurrection.

Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, sending the country he led for two terms into mourning and prompting an outpouring of condolences from leaders across Latin America.

Firefighters in central Chile on Sunday battled to quell fierce forest fires that have killed 112 people so far and razed entire neighborhoods, while President Gabriel Boric warned the country faces a "tragedy of very great magnitude".

President Nayib Bukele on Sunday secured a thumping victory in El Salvador's elections after voters cast aside concerns about erosion of democracy to reward him for a fierce gang crackdown that transformed security in the Central American country.

Trudeau condemns mosque attack, says Islamophobia 'has no place' in Canada

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sacked the deputy director of the national intelligence agency and four department heads.