
Four people were killed after a small plane crashed in California, according to authorities. ...

Separate Covid-19 outbreaks occurred on board two US Navy warships, infecting a significant number of their respective crews while disrupting their ongoing operations, media reports said....

San Francisco has announced the cancellation of the city's annual New Year's Eve fireworks show as holiday gatherings and travel have expedited the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant....

The US condemned the recent attack by the Myanmar military in the country's Kayah State, which killed at least 35, including women and children and two staff members of the international aid organization Save the Children....

US President Joe Biden has ended the COVID-19 related travel restriction imposed last month on the eight southern African nations due to the spread of coronavirus variant Omicron....

US President Joe Biden acknowledged the possibility of holding a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on January 10, the White House said in a pool report....

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has won a more than USD 492 million US Navy modification contract to provide logistics support for delivered F-35 jets for the Air Force, Marine Corps and the Navy, the US Defence Department said....

Amid the global surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, almost 3,000 flights have been cancelled and more than 11,500 flights have been delayed worldwide on Tuesday....

The US continues to hope that North Korea will respond positively to its outreach for dialogue, a State Department spokesperson said. ...

As the new Omicron Covid-19 variant is increasing single-day cases to the highest level in the US, major cities, including New York, have scaled down or cancelled New Year's Eve events for a second consecutive year....