WASHINGTON, May 30 — Israel has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House said on Thursday, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group's demands.

CAIRO, Feb 24 — Talks with Israel through mediators on further steps in a ceasefire agreement are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being released as agreed, Hamas official Basem Naim said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 — Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the US presidency if he loses the November 5 election, saying “that will be it” in an interview released on Sunday.

WASHINGTON, July 9 — The White House denied Monday that US President Joe Biden is being treated for Parkinson's disease after visitor logs showed that a leading neurologist who specialises in the malady visited the executive mansion eight times in as many months.

WASHINGTON, June 5 — US President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November elections that will decide control of the White House.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Hollywood superstar and acclaimed Malaysian actress Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has received the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Joe Biden on Friday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 — Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on the United States' (US) foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday (November 29) aged 100.

WASHINGTON, July 31 — United States President Joe Biden's previous negative coronavirus test resulted in a positive reading Saturday, extending his quarantine, Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted local reports.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 — The White House has blasted media reports claiming a rift between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Sputnik reported.

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 — The US Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign's use of the White House as an Election Day command center violated federal law, Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 — US President Donald Trump's physician said Thursday that he fully anticipates the president’s safe return to public engagements by Saturday, reported Anadolu Agency.

MOSCOW, Oct 5 — US President Donald Trump received a positive result from a rapid test for the coronavirus on Thursday but decided not to disclose the result while waiting for a more thorough screening, reported Sputnik news agency.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 — The White House has given New Jersey officials the names of more than 200 people who attended events around President Donald Trump's fundraising trip to Bedminster on Thursday, hours before he tested positive for Covid-19, New Jersey officials said.

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WASHINGTON, Aug 11 — US President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon was temporarily escorted by a Secret Service agent from an ongoing coronavirus briefing after a shooting was reported outside the White House, reported Xinhua news agency.