Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has drawn up a new proposal for peace with the Taliban ahead of an international conference aimed at jump-starting faltering

President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States will "respond accordingly" if North Korea escalates its missile testing.

The European Union and the United States slapped sanctions Monday on top police and military commanders linked to last month's coup in Myanmar, as pro-democracy demonstrators went back to the streets

The United States (U.S.) Mission in Nigeria in partnership with the University of Uyo, yesterday, opened the Uyo Window on America.

Nigerians and other nationals who were denied United States visas because of former President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African countries can seek new decisions or submit new applications, the State Department has said. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said applicants who were refused visas prior to January 20, 2020,…

United States President, Joe Biden, recently launched a campaign towards shielding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people with directives to embassies

AFP's fact-check service debunks misinformation spread online. Here are some of our recent articles on inaccurate claims in the United States..

The winter storm ravaging the United States has forced the shutdown of computer chip manufacturing in Texas, threatening to worsen a global semiconductor shortage. NXP Semiconductors, a major provider of automotive and mobile phone chips, said its plant in Austin, Texas was closed amid the state's electric power difficulties. "We are carefully monitoring the situation…

The United States (U.S.) Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has disclosed that terrorists, Islamic fundamentalists and bandits killed 8,279 Nigerians in 2020.

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said his administration will consolidate on the existing relationship between the state and the United States of America (USA)

The United States will see its second-largest budget deficit since World War II this year, while the federal debt will continue to climb beyond GDP, according to a Congressional Budget Office

Angola has legalised same-sex marriage 133 years after the proscription of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in the country. The country's parliamentarians who voted to overhaul Angola's criminal statute books did not just remove the passage. They also banned discrimination based on sexual orientation. The reform has been hailed by human rights…