Qaeda praises Orlando gunman; asks jihadists to target whites

Al Qaeda has praised Orlando gunman Omar Mateen but criticised him for targeting gays, saying lone wolf jihadists should attack white Americans and avoid minorities so that no one mistakes their......

US leaders calls for calm after racial motivated shootings

Top American leaders on Friday called for calm after a series of racial motivated shootings, including the deadliest killing of five police officials in Dallas, stunned the US. Five officers were......

Did a favour to Trump by not returning his call: Bharara

India-born former top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara, who received a phone call from United States President Donald Trump just two days before he was fired, said he ‘was done with’......

Three men arrested in US on charges of supporting ISIS

Three men from Brooklyn have been arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, with two of them threatening to carry out attacks within the United States and against......

US tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption

Top US tech companies are warning the Obama administration against imposing new policies that the companies say would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect......

US attorney general declines to comment on FIFA probe, Blatter

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch declined to comment at a press conference on Wednesday on whether FIFA President Sepp Blatter is under investigation as part of a probe by US authorities into the......

Soccer sponsors dismayed by FIFA corruption allegations

World Cup sponsors are in an awkward position, experts said, because they are under pressure from consumers to distance themselves from any corruption, but such sponsorships are lucrative in the......

South American soccer heads charged in latest FIFA probe

IMAGE: South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) President Juan Angel Napout speaks during the CONMEBOL congress on March 4, 2015. Photograph: Jorge Adorno/Files/Reuters Soccer bosses from......

FIFA scandal: US law may struggle to reach all defendants

FBI agents carry boxes from the headquarters of CONCACAF after it was raided. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Getty Images US prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have......