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American airstrikes in Syria show that Iran can expect consequences for supporting militia groups threatening US interests and personnel, Joe Biden has warned. “You can’t act with impunity. Be careful,” the US president said when asked what message he intended to send with the airstrikes early on Friday morning on Syria‘s eastern border with Iraq.

Joe Biden has told Saudi Arabia’s King Salman that he will “hold them accountable for human rights abuses”. The president’s warning came after a newly declassified intelligence report concluded that the kingdom’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is likely to have approved an operation to kill or capture a US-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate

Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles as he continues to recover from multiple injuries sustained in a serious car accident this week. The 45-year-old golf star underwent surgery to stabilise compound fractures of his tibia and fibula following the horror crash on Tuesday. “Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical

The US has launched airstrikes on eastern Syria – the first military action undertaken since Joe Biden became president. The Thursday evening strikes were in retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq on 15 February that killed a civilian contractor and wounded coalition troops, including Americans. The targets were at a control point on the

Lady Gaga is understood to be offering a $500,000 reward for the safe return of two of her beloved pets after her dog walker was shot as he was looking after them. Ryan Fischer was attacked as he walked the star’s French bulldogs Koji, Miss Asia and Gustav in West Hollywood on Wednesday evening. Two

Caleb Cain used to think like a white nationalist.  “Literally anyone can be radicalised,” he says, speaking from his own experience as someone who fell down the alt-right’s online ‘rabbit hole’. The 27-year-old says it was like being “groomed into a cult”, and it wasn’t until he watched extreme violence unfold that he decided to

Tiger Woods did not appear to be “aware of how gravely he was injured” after his car crash in California, the first officer on the scene has said. The 45-year-old golf star suffered serious leg injuries when his car hit a kerb and then a tree before rolling several times on the border of Rolling

Tiger Woods is undergoing surgery for “multiple leg injuries” after being cut from his car following an accident in Los Angeles. The accident happened on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday morning. LA County Sheriff’s Department said Woods was the only person in the car. Image: The 45-year-old golfer

The former US Capitol Police chief says he only found out this week that his officers were warned just hours before the 6 January riots that extremists could commit “war” in Washington that day. Steven Sund was giving evidence to Congress in the first public hearing over the last month’s siege that saw dozens of

President Joe Biden will mark the US surpassing half a million coronavirus deaths – the highest total in the world – with a moment of silence and a candle-lighting ceremony at the White House. It is expected the country will pass this total on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed US death

Boeing has recommended temporarily stopping flights of planes with a similar engine to one that suffered a catastrophic failure mid-flight over the weekend. A United Airlines bound for Hawaii was forced into an emergency landing on Saturday as its right engine was seen engulfed in flames and debris plunged towards the ground. All 231 passengers

Donald Trump is expected next Sunday to make his first public appearance since leaving office. The former US president, who departed the White House on 20 January, is set to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. The full line-up of the annual gathering of conservative politicians and media figures has

US President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Texas as the state continues to struggle with extreme winter weather. The unusual winter storm crippled the state’s power grid and, despite Texas being rich in oil and gas, millions of residents were without power for days. Supply has resumed but it remains intermittent, with

Millions of people in parts of the southern US are having to boil water before drinking it after ruptured pipes caused by record low temperatures may have contaminated the water supply. In Texas, seven million people – a quarter of the population of the nation’s second-largest state – were under orders to boil tap water

Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from husband Kanye West after nearly seven years of marriage. A Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman confirmed to Reuters that Kardashian filed the divorce papers on Friday. A representative for Kardashian, 40, also confirmed that she had filed papers. Entertainment websites E! News, TMZ and Variety first reported on

NASA’s mission to search for signs of ancient life on Mars has sent back its first images from the surface of the Red Planet after a successful landing. The historic moment was the culmination of a seven-month journey in space and a considerably shorter trip through the Martian atmosphere. Claps and cheers erupted from the