US President Barack Obama met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, the White House said, amid tensions over press freedom and the war in Syria.
A police officer was shot and wounded on Monday in the US Capitol complex and the gunman captured, a source citing information from the Sergeant-at-Arms office in Congress said.
Turkey's patience may run out over the crisis in Syria and it could be forced to take action, President Tayyip Erdogan said.
A US warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea Saturday to assert freedom of navigation, drawing a protest from Beijing, officials said.
The snowbound Washington area was resuming partial business yesterday as trains and buses restarted near-normal service, while federal offices remained closed following a massive blizzard that hammered the US east coast.
Officials in Washington, DC, warned residents yesterday that it would take several more days for the city to return to normal after a massive weekend blizzard dropped more than 2’ (60cm) of snow along the East Coast and killed more than 30.
A deadly blizzard walloped the eastern United States yesterday, paralysing Washington and other cities under a heavy blanket of snow as officials warned millions of people to remain indoors until the storm eases up.
A deadly blizzard with bone-chilling winds and potentially record-breaking snowfall slammed the eastern US Saturday as officials urged millions in the storm's path to seek shelter, warning the worst is yet to come.
The US Coast Guard was searching for two military helicopters that reportedly crashed off the Hawaiian island of Oahu while carrying a total of 12 people, a spokeswoman said Friday.
