Trump, Biden to face off in first debate: US election live news

Sheikh Sabah spent decades building bridges between rowing neighbours. His talents will be missed.

Dozens of wildfires continue to burn in US West Coast state, including the powerful Glass Fire north of San Francisco.

The 19-year-old victim was gang raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras town.

Brazilian stocks and currency fell, while interest rates futures rose as investors viewed it as an accounting gimmick.

Known as a peacemaker, Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died.

The Trump Organization shielded profits using a souped-up version of the formula used by the landlord class for decades.

Troops brought together at joint training sites across South Sudan were leaving due to a lack of food, UNMISS said.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposed its biggest monetary penalty ever on the New York-based lender.

Consumer confidence spurs consumer spending – the engine of the US economy.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement comes as elementary schools reopened for in-person classes in the city.

Amy Cohen Barrett has widely reported ties with a secretive Catholic religious group outside mainstream Catholicism.

The 91-year-old late monarch has been hailed as ‘the emir of humanity’ and a ‘wise leader’ by his contemporaries.

Moscow names Turkey, which has thrown support behind Azerbaijan, in call for peace as deadly fighting rages.

Islamabad and Kabul, which have often gone through periods of mistrust, call for a new era of bilateral ties.

The US has reported a fifth of all deaths from COVID-19, which first emerged in China late last year.

Rights body says it has shut its operations due to a continuing government crackdown over the last two years.

Both candidates have debate experience, but their contrasts will be on full display for US voters.

Riyadh says it has busted a ‘terror cell’ that was trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, as Tehran rejects allegation.

On the 20th anniversary of the second Intifada, Palestinians remember how Israel sought it to entrench its occupation.

The far right has been shown to pose a far greater danger, so why are so many Americans afraid of anti-fascists?

India is bolstering its infrastructure along the Himalayan border following deadly border tensions with China.

As violence extends into a third day, international community steps up with dozens reported killed and hundreds wounded.

Two decades of records reportedly show Trump’s finances under stress as he prepares to face Joe Biden in first debate

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum says his country plans to send an unmanned Emirati-made lunar rover to the moon.

US sports betting companies are offering free-to-play contests on what will happen at Tuesday’s presidential debate.

But the man’s brother calls claim a ‘fiction’ and accuses Seoul of framing him after failing to come to his rescue.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s estimate is its most comprehensive to date for Africa.

Working on a deep sea fishing vessel was already dangerous, but the pandemic has made a bad situation worse.

Istanbul prosecutors seek life imprisonment for two suspects and up to five years in jail for four others, report says.

The New York Times, among other revelations, found that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.

Iran’s foreign minister escalates war of words between Iran and European nations over human rights after criticism.

Any move by the US to scale down its diplomatic presence would be seen as an escalation of its confrontation with Iran.

PM Suga’s attempt to push cuts in telecommunications rates could lead to largest-ever offer for a Japanese firm.

At least 17 of the 21 crew members of an ore carrier, which last changed crews in Manila, tested positive for COVID-19.

David Daoud Wright ordered to 30 years in prison for conspiring to kill Pamela Geller, an anti-Muslim public figure.

Both candidates want to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US but have different visions for how to achieve it.

It was the latest in a string of attacks targeting American interests after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.

The British brand distances itself from far-right group and halts North America sales of black-and-yellow polo shirts.

Kentucky detective’s plea comes after grand jury indicted him on three counts of wanton endangerment.

Trump has denied NYT report that he effectively paid no income tax for most of the past two decades.