Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal by lying to federal investigators, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing, signaling a...

Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, died...

 A NASA spacecraft designed to drill down into Mars’ interior landed on the planet Monday after a perilous, supersonic plunge through its red skies, setting...

The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family’s request for clemency minutes after showing...

Three Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitutional and asking a federal judge to remove him.The...

The father of a black man killed by a police officer during a shooting at an Alabama mall said his son had a permit to...

A federal judge on Sunday rejected a last-minute bid by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to delay his two-week prison term and...

 Ukraine’s parliament voted Monday to impose martial law in parts of the country to fight what its president called “growing aggression” from Moscow after a...

A massive wildfire that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California has been fully contained after burning for more than...

Canada’s federal government said Wednesday it is stepping in to help the struggling Canadian media industry with new tax credits and incentives.Canadian Finance Minister Bill...

Facebook is donating £4.5 million ($5.8 million) to train journalists in Britain to support communities that have lost local newspapers and reporters, in no little...

Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is considering creating refugee camps for the thousands of immigrants streaming across the border from Venezuela.“We can’t leave them to their...

Like many a couple before them, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving to the suburbs ahead of the anticipated birth of their first...

Glamour, the fashion and beauty magazine popular with young women, is ditching its monthly print editions and embracing the online revolution, its chief editor and...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday (Nov 25) urged Pakistan to take action against those responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks as Washington...

Foreign Minister Taro Kono met with Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Paul Richard Gallagher in the Vatican on Friday, agreeing to advance preparations for...

The European Union removed the last major obstacle to sealing an agreement on Brexit after Spain said it had reached a deal Saturday with Britain...

France will return 26 works of art to Benin, Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Friday, as the French president took delivery of a report recommending...

European countries must overhaul “outdated” laws that let rapists off the hook and perpetuate a culture of victim-blaming, rights groups said on Saturday.Only eight out...

As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of disasters are worsening in...

The destruction of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest reached its highest level in a decade this year, government data released on Friday showed, driven by illegal logging...

Shoppers across the United States snapped up deep discounts on toys, clothing and electronics both online and at stores on Black Friday, giving retailers a...

An Indian-origin woman has been jailed for six months in the UK for drunken behaviour on an aeroplane which caused a passenger to have a...

When Jude Law met with J.K. Rowling about portraying the younger version of Albus Dumbledore, the two discussed how to rebuild the fan-favorite character from...

A portrait of Michael Jackson as King Philip II of Spain and an Andy Warhol print are among artworks on display at a show opening...

 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed that U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that the de facto leader of American ally Saudi Arabia ordered the...

Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major world powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog policing the pact reaffirmed on Thursday, two weeks...

The European Union and Britain on Thursday agreed a draft declaration laying out plans for “ambitious, broad, deep and flexible” relations after Brexit, setting the...

Tension mounted as hundreds of Central American migrants massed at a Mexican border town headed for a bridge crossing to the United States as President...

The United States said on Tuesday it had moved to disrupt an Iranian-Russian network that sent millions of barrels of oil to Syria and hundreds...

U.S. President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, his...

Health officials in the United States and Canada told people Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.The U.S. Food...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday the United States has “made clear” to South Korea that progress on disarming North Korea should not...

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill will be scrutinizing Ivanka Trump’s personal email use in the White House in light of new revelations that she...

Venezuela’s former national treasurer admitted receiving over $1 billion in bribes as part of illicit foreign currency operations that involved a local television mogul now...

U.S. President Donald Trump told his counsel’s office last spring that he wanted to prosecute political adversaries Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey,...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will attend the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires later this month, Saudi media reported Monday.It would be...

European ministers signed off on Britain’s draft divorce deal on Monday as they launched a “painful” final week of negotiations on future cross-Channel ties.Brexit negotiator...

Spain will not back the European Union’s draft Brexit agreement without clarity that Madrid will be able to negotiate the future of Gibraltar directly with...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday toppling her would risk delaying Brexit and she would not let talk of a leadership challenge distract...

Volunteers in white coveralls, hard hats and masks poked through ash and debris Sunday, searching for the remains of victims of the devastating Northern California...

Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia has sought asylum in Uruguay’s diplomatic mission hours after a judge retained his passport as part of a corruption probe.Peru’s...

Rick Scott, Florida’s outgoing governor, was declared the winner on Sunday of his hard-fought U.S. Senate race against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson following a hand...

About 4,000 residents fled Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Monday as red-hot rock and ash spewed into the sky and cascaded down the slopes toward an...

Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a top White House adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email account last year,...

Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies were unable to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday as deep divisions between the...

 A march to the U.S. Embassy in Greece held Saturday for the anniversary of a fatally suppressed 1973 student uprising was mostly peaceful, while police...

 Rick Scott, Florida’s outgoing governor, was declared the winner on Sunday of his hard-fought U.S. Senate race against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson following a hand...

U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t committing to a previous pledge to keep chief of staff John Kelly for the remainder of his term, part of...

Chinese President Xi Jinping intends to visit North Korea next year after receiving an invite from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea said...

 Britain’s besieged Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that a leadership change wouldn’t make Brexit negotiations easier, as opponents in her Conservative Party threaten to...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not want to listen to an audio recording of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi despite facing...

The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post...

 Elvis Presley’s velvety voice filled the White House briefly on Friday when a recording of one his songs was played at a ceremony hosted by...

Turkish police detained 13 people including two prominent academics on Friday under an investigation into jailed rights activist Osman Kavala, accusing them of following him...

 Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier is western Europe’s largest expanse of ice, but Swiss scientists say it’s receding at an unprecedented pace, losing up to 12 meters...

 U.S. prosecutors are preparing to pursue a criminal case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, escalating a long battle targeting his anti-secrecy group, even as he...

British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of the most prominent Brexiteer in her government on Friday as she fought to save a draft...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he may not impose more tariffs on Chinese goods after Beijing sent the United States a list...

North Korea on Friday deported an American citizen it says it detained for illegal entry, a U.S. official said, an apparent concession that came even...

Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag’s long-awaited, first-ever opera was hailed as “astonishing” and “a masterpiece” as it made its debut Thursday at the famed La Scala...

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, though a lawsuit...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was behind a massive dump of classified US documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said...

In the White House this week, Trump's the boss. Melania Trump, that is.After two years of being American politics's biggest enigma, the first lady has...

The number of people missing in one of California's deadliest wildfires soared to more than 600 on Thursday as the remains of seven additional victims...

Two top leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime were found guilty of genocide on Friday, in a landmark ruling almost 40 years after the fall...

Greece’s culture ministry said Tuesday that archaeologists have located the first tangible remains of a lost city that the ancient Greeks believed was first settled...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for an integrated European Union military, echoing language used by French President Emmanuel Macron last week that infuriated...

The infamous Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was alternately portrayed at his U.S. trial on Tuesday as a calculating leader...

British Prime Minister Theresa May was to seek her Cabinet’s approval Wednesday for a long-awaited divorce deal with the EU, but hard-line Brexiteer MPs warned...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are “appalling” and shocked a...

 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated a retired Army general to be the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as Washington faces pressure to respond...

The “Pink Legacy,” a diamond weighing just under 19 carats, fetched a record 50.375 million Swiss francs ($50 million), purchased by U.S.-based luxury jeweler Harry...

Dozens of Ethiopian security officials appeared in court on Monday after the attorney general accused security chiefs of ordering a grenade attack on Prime Minister...

The Vatican has told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to delay a vote, set to take place at their annual meeting, on measures to...

German states have drafted a list of demands aimed at tightening a law that requires social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to remove hate...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged Florida election officials to end a recount and declare his fellow Republicans the winners of disputed races in...

North Korea is operating at least 13 undeclared bases to hide mobile, nuclear-capable missiles, a new study released Monday has found, raising fresh doubts over...

Marvel legend Stan Lee, who revolutionized pop culture as the co-creator of iconic superheroes like Spider-Man and The Hulk who now dominate the world's movie...

Former US first lady Michelle Obama has opened up about her nearly three decades long marriage to Barack Obama.During an interview with People magazine, she...

The Milky Way’s signature halo is mostly stellar rubble from a cosmic collision 10 billion years ago with another galaxy a quarter of its size,...

The death toll from wildfires raging in California rose to 31 on Sunday after six more people were found killed in what was poised to...

Street battles raged on Sunday in residential areas of Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, forcing medical staff to flee the largest hospital, as Houthi...

Stepping up Democratic efforts to shield the Russia investigation, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he would seek to tie a measure protecting special...

Poland’s euroskeptic leaders marked a century of national independence on Sunday as more than 200,000 people marched through the capital in a parade involving far-right...

A rare 850 gram white truffle was auctioned for €85,000 ($96,000) in the Italian region of Alba on Sunday, with the anonymous Hong Kong buyer...

The death toll from the most destructive fire to hit California rose to 23 on Saturday as rescue workers recovered more bodies of people killed...

Every Sunday in Hong Kong the city's army of domestic helpers packs into parks or onto pavements, bridges and walkways on their one mandatory day...

The death toll in the wildfires raging through California has risen to 25, according to officials. This comes after 14 more bodies were discovered in...

Florida has ordered a machine recount of votes for state governor and senator following Tuesday's closely fought midterm elections, officials say.Florida Secretary of State Ken...

A woman has been arrested after a complex investigation into an Australian strawberry scare where needles were found stuck into the fruit, police said on...

Four British ministers who back remaining in the European Union are on the verge of quitting Theresa May’s government over Brexit, the Sunday Times reported,...

French President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers killed in World War I on Sunday, using an emotional ceremony in Paris attended...

A motorized wheelchair used by the late British physicist Stephen Hawking was sold at auction for £296,750, while a thesis fetched nearly twice that amount...

U.S. Senate Democrats are considering legal action over President Donald Trump’s appointment of a new acting attorney general, congressional sources said on Friday, as some...

Moscow on Friday hosted international talks on Afghanistan aimed at kick-starting direct negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban militant group, both of whom sent delegations.Russia...

Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Friday, calling in a withering critique for another referendum...

Britain will not have a second referendum on its membership of the European Union under any circumstances, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said on...

British Prime Minister Theresa May drew the fury of her crucial Northern Ireland allies on Friday after seemingly accepting an EU-backed Brexit solution they fervently...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday blasted calls by French President Emmanuel Macron for a European army to defend against threats from powers including the...

The United States is halting refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, a move that would end...

 A motorized wheelchair used by the late British physicist Stephen Hawking sold at auction on Thursday for almost £300,000 ($391,740) while a dissertation raised nearly...

At least one person was killed and two others wounded in a rush hour stabbing incident in Melbourne's central business district, police said on Friday.One...

Claiming that there has been a "dramatic increase" in the number of H-1B visas being held up, a coalition of American employers representing top IT...

Greeting people on the occasion of Diwali, US President Donald Trump said the festival of lights is a special opportunity to reflect on the bond...

Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called on Wednesday for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now "on...

A video distributed by the Trump administration to support its argument for banning CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House appears to have been...

Ventura County sheriff Geoff Dean said 13 victims were killed in shooting at a crowded Southern California bar on late Wednesday, reported The Associated Press. A...

To the casual observer, the attendance by an eight-year-old American boy at a yearly conference for one of China's biggest internet companies last week might...

Italy said Tuesday that it is working to help relocate the family of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death...

French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for a “real European army” as the continent marks a century since the divisions of World War I, to...

Democrats rode a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump to win control of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, giving them the opportunity...

The mixed results in Tuesday's US midterm elections provided further evidence of the political divisions caused by President Donald Trump's contentious domestic agenda, but left...

A huge runaway train laden with iron ore had to be derailed remotely after speeding through the Australian outback for almost an hour.The 268-wagon train...

The so-called Samosa Caucus – an informal group of the Indian Americans in the US Congress – failed to increase its strength, even as its...

The White House has said that it has suspended the press pass of CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta.The suspension comes after a heated confrontation...

The Democrats flipped their first two Republican-held House seats Tuesday as polls closed in the East, winning an open Florida district and another in the...

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is consulting with Congress about additional sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain,...

The Palestinian envoy to Brazil said Monday he hoped president-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s pledge to relocate Brasilia’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was simply campaign talk...

 A former SS guard, aged 94, goes on trial Tuesday in Germany charged with complicity in mass murders at a Nazi concentration camp during World...

Thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan arrived in the Mexican capital Monday and began to fill up a sports stadium, still hundreds...

The top U.S. military officer said on Monday that the United States would have to start making changes to its military posture on the Korean...

President Donald Trump Republicans seized victory in Indiana’s high-profile Senate contest on Tuesday, defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly and making the Democrats’ narrow path to...

Heavy rain and gales devastating parts of Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the overall death toll to at least 17, and laid waste...

The Supreme Court has ended the court fight over repealed Obama-era "net neutrality" rules that required internet providers to treat all online traffic equally.The court...

Defending his decision to give temporary exemptions to eight countries, including India and China, from the ban on Iranian oil imports, US President Donald Trump...

More than 80 people, mostly children, were kidnapped from a school in the city of Bamenda in western Cameroon early on Monday, government and military...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was unsure if he would meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a visit to Paris next...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to New York on Thursday to meet with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Yong Chol.The State...

China is planning to launch its own “artificial moon” by 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban areas, state media has reported.Chengdu,...

United States is reimposing punitive measures targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors in what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called "the toughest sanctions...

The United States is reimposing punitive measures targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors in what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called "the toughest...

The French Pacific islands of New Caledonia began voting Sunday on whether to become an independent nation, in a closely-watched test of support for France...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, urging President Maithripala Sirisena to revert to parliamentary procedures and...

The U.S. Army has punished six members of the armed forces for their roles in a 2017 mission in Niger that resulted in the ambush...

A 4,000-strong caravan of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico split up into several groups, with one spending the night in a town in the...

Google has unveiled a tool meant to help fight press censorship around the world, testing it first in Venezuela, where journalists say they’re battling a...

The pilot of a small passenger plane died after colliding with another aircraft early Sunday and crashing into a field near the capital Ottawa, officials...

Sanctions will hit Iran in a big way from November 5, US President Donald Trump has said, asserting that the "toughest-ever" punitive measures have been...

A 46-year-old Indian-American has been arrested and charged in California on charges of H-1B visa fraud.Kishore Kumar Kavuru was arrested Friday morning and produced before...

An Indian-origin couple from southern England has been arrested for allegedly a Polish builder in their garden shed for four years.Palvinder and Pritpal Binning, both...

"Game of Thrones" fans are primed for the final season, but starring Donald Trump? Well not quite, though the president had a laugh at Iran's...

France, Germany, Britain and the European Union issued a joint condemnation Friday of the U.S. move to place fresh sanctions on the Iranian economy, vowing...

It would be unacceptable for Northern Ireland to be in a separate customs territory from the rest of the United Kingdom after Brexit, British Prime...

 A shooter has killed two people and critically wounded five others at a yoga studio in Florida's capital before killing himself, officials said.During a media...

The Trump administration on Friday announced the reimposition of all US sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.The sanctions will...

The Trump administration has introduced a new set of stringent provisions to the H-1B labour application process under which the US employers must disclose the...

Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro confirmed Thursday the country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, making the Latin American country the largest after...

An 18-year-old man was killed and two teenage girls were injured in a shooting on Thursday in rural eastern Oklahoma, and a woman believed to...