At least 12 people have been killed in a shooting, where one suspected gunman was among the dead, while authorities search for other assailants.
New York police were out in force on Friday in response to intelligence about a car bomb plot linked to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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The United States on Tuesday set out four steps Cairo must take to end Egypt’s crisis, telling its ally to stop harassing protesters.
Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary under George Bush, says that attempts to prosecute the ex-president are a misguided response to US public policy.
A United States military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington’s defence chief said on Friday.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Friday held out the possibility of a resumption of six-party talks if North Korea ceases provocations.
North Korea’s main ally China must lean on Pyongyang to persuade it to abandon its nuclear ambitions, senior US officials said.
The United States searched on Saturday for the culprits behind a plot to bomb Jewish targets in Chicago.
WikiLeaks released nearly 400 000 classified US files on the Iraq war on Friday, some detailing gruesome cases of prisoner abuse.
Nine years after the September 11 attacks, the US faces a threat from home-grown insurgents and an "Americanisation" of al-Qaeda leadership.
