The charges include conspiracy to kill US nationals and four counts of murder over the downing of two civilian planes by Cuban military jets in 1996.

An absence of focus projects has plagued the second prong of the Australia-UK-US pact, with industry leaders regularly complaining about a lack of strategic direction.

Trump could have been liable for a tax bill exceeding $US100 million, plus interest and potential penalties, if he lost an IRS audit.

A full-scale military attack on Iran was still possible at a moment’s notice, the US president warned, if an agreement was not reached.

Authorities are now piecing together the horrific hate crime that left five people dead – including the two suspected teenage gunmen – and has rocked California and the US.

The settlement will create an “anti-weaponisation fund” to compensate people who claim to have been victims of US government lawfare, possibly including those convicted over the January 6 riots, stunning his Democrat opponents.

A series of primary election results in red states shows that among Republicans, Donald Trump remains as potent a political force as he has ever been.

The US president teased an imminent decision on arms sales to Taiwan after the topic featured prominently in his discussions in Beijing, and said Xi asked directly if the US would defend Taiwan in a war.