Las Vegas will be home to an NFL franchise after the league's 32 owners approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders.

Judges in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked Donald Trump's revised travel ban from taking effect as scheduled, using the US president's own words as evidence that the order discriminates against Muslims.

The CIA's outgoing director has said Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States.

The United States Olympic Committee said Wednesday that if it makes a bid for the 2024 Summer Games, Los Angeles will carry the flag.

President Barack Obama insisted today that the United States will maintain what he calls the best-equipped military in US history despite deep and looming defence budget cuts.

A US federal judge has sided with government lawyers investigating the disclosure of classified documents on WikiLeaks and upheld a ruling that Twitter must turn over account information to prosecutors.

The US Congress remained dangerously split today in the face of an unprecedented American default on its debt in just six days, as Republicans clashed with Democrats - and with each other - over raising the federal cap on borrowing.

The United States' trade deficit is now at its highest level in 31 months.

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain found themselves in rare agreement, each demanding the Bush administration's unprecedented US$700bn (€477bn) bailout for US financial institutions be subject to independent oversight and guarantees their top executives not be rewarded.

Michael Phelps moved to within a single victory of equalling Mark Spitz's hallowed Olympic gold medal-winning record as he destroyed the opposition once again to win the 200metres individual medley at Beijing's Water Cube.

Strong equity markets, the recovering dollar and the receding threat of hurricane Bertha converged to send crude oil down by around $5/bbl yesterday with Brent crude falling as low as $136.40, a key area of support.

Microsoft is investing heavily in research and development as it prepares for a software revolution, Bill Gates told the North's Economy Minister Nigel Dodds at a meeting in the US today.

Andy Roddick and James Blake won their singles matches yesterday to give the United States a commanding 2-0 lead over defending champions Russia in the Davis Cup final in Portland.

The new seven wonders of the world have been chosen after 100 million people voted.

MILITANTS holding nine foreign hostages in Southern Nigeria destroyed an oil pipeline yesterday and blew up a boat in violence that has cut about 20% of crude production in Africa’s oil giant.

Uniban SA, the main banana and plantain export company in Colombia and Fyffes plc have entered into a strategic alliance in the United States through a 50/50 ownership in Turbana Corporation, a Florida corporation, the marketing subsidiary of Uniban SA in the United States.

RESCUERS pushed their way into once-inaccessible neighbourhoods as Hurricane Rita’s floodwaters receded along the Texas-Louisiana coast yesterday.

An intense manhunt will ultimately net the United States' Public Enemy Number One, Osama bin Laden, but there is no telling how long the hunt might take, the country’s top soldier said today.

The Minister for Communications has said there is an urgent need for international co-operation to end "spam," unwanted texts and emails.

THE euro leapt to a lifetime high against the dollar on Friday, rising above $1.20 for the first time since its launch in January 1999 as investors sought to capitalise on bearish sentiment towards the US currency.

GARY WOLSTENHOLME and Michael Skelton, the oldest and youngest members of the Britain and Ireland team, have been paired together for the opening game of the Walker Cup against America at Ganton in Yorkshire today.

THE United States Federal Reserve last night cut a key short-term interest rate by a one-quarter percentage point to its lowest level in 45 years.

IRAQI civilian prisoners of war have claimed they were tortured by British and US troops after being captured, Amnesty International said yesterday.

The Head of the Islamic Centre in Ireland is expressing disappointment in the Government's stance on the United States' continued military use of Shannon airport.

The United States' deadline for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to go into exile or face war has expired.

The Labour party has urged the Taoiseach to make a clear statement about the legality of the use of Shannon Airport by the US military in preparation for a possible war against Iraq.

MARKETS across the globe will be more than a little jittery this morning after Friday's plunge in New York.

OPPONENTS of President Hugo Chavez piloted motor boats around oil tankers moored off the Venezuelan coast to show support for strikers on board in a new demonstration yesterday, hours after one million people marched through the capital demanding the president step down.

US special forces have destroyed a drug-production lab and seized documents allegedly tying the site to a fugitive warlord on the United States' most wanted list.

THE Government is considering suing the drug firm at the centre of the TB vaccine controversy after a series of contamination and production blunders.

United States' Eddie Pope has levelled from a corner in their friendly against Ireland.

Flagship Uberalles and Florida Pearl will not run in the Nakayama Grand Jump in Japan next month

A man who has five wives and 29 children has been found guilty of bigamy in the United States' first major polygamy case in nearly five decades.