The maiden two-plus-two dialogue between India and the United States scheduled in New Delhi next week is an indication of the deepening strategic partnership between...

A Texas jury found a white police officer guilty of murder Tuesday for the shooting death of a 15-year-old African-American boy — a rare conviction...

Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis...

 An anticorruption referendum in Colombia drew millions to the polls Sunday but fell just short of a required participation threshold to push forward measures aimed...

A generation ago, the likes of Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer were the heroes of television news. Now the biggest stars are arguably...

Russia’s defence minister said on Tuesday that war-torn Syria would be ready to accept one million returning refugees, following Moscow-backed reconstruction work.“Since 2015, when towns...

Donald Trump on Monday bowed to pressure to honour the late John McCain, ordering the lowering of flags across the country to half-staff, as the...

Angela Merkel marked her return to the political front line with a call for Europe to assert its interests more forcefully as US President Donald...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, a rare female voice in the Australian government, said Sunday she was quitting the front bench after a failed tilt at...

US Senator John McCain, the maverick Republican who survived a Vietnam War prison camp and ran unsuccessfully for president, is discontinuing medical treatment for an...

The Associated PressULSTER PARK, N.Y. (AP) — In most of the world, donkeys are beasts of burden, but the only job of the long-eared denizens...

A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament as it was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing two people and then...

Two armed men fled with several luxury watches after bursting into a branch of Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet in Paris’s chic eighth arrondissement on Saturday,...

When Pope Francis kissed baby Gianna Masciantonio in 2015, some saw it as an encouraging sign. The 1-year-old had been diagnosed with a brain tumor,...

The US government continues to hold 565 illegal immigrant children in custody, three weeks after a court deadline to reunite them with parents or guardians,...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expected tough talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday on issues from the Syria and Ukraine conflicts to energy...

Kofi Annan left the United Nations far more committed than it had been to combating poverty, promoting equality and fighting for human rights — and...

The Trump administration’s trade war with China has already taken a toll on some US industries, but the full short- and long-term consequences of the...

GENEVA (AP) -- Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday her government would step up efforts to deport rejected asylum seekers faster, after hundreds of far-right protesters called...

Russian air defense assets in Syria have downed 45 drones targeting their main base in the country, its military said Thursday, after an attack by...

A new space report by the Pentagon has revealed that Beijing is indefatigably developing long-range bombers and "likely training for strikes" against Washington, DC and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at an early date", the North's state media reported Wednesday,...

Low-key is probably an apt description of the planned trade talks between China and the United States in Washington later this month. But the ramifications,...

 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and all major political parties on Wednesday condemned a speech by a minor senator who used the term “final solution”...

Vermont Democrats made Christine Hallquist the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide office in U.S. history as she clinched...

Los Angeles’ subway will become the first mass transit system in the United States to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives,...

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is facing allegations of enabling anti-Semitism, acknowledged Monday that he was present at a wreath-laying to Palestinians allegedly linked...

Iran and four ex-Soviet nations, including Russia, agreed in principle on Sunday on how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of...

A white nationalist rally in the heart of Washington drew two dozen demonstrators and thousands of chanting counterprotesters on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of racially...

A former Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was spared jail on Tuesday when he...

The United States has sent military advisers to aid Afghan forces in Ghazni, where they were struggling on Sunday to regain full control three days...

Migrants in distress at sea have told their rescuers that several ships passed them by without offering assistance, a European aid group said Sunday while...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the...

An explosion in a residential building thought to be storing weapons and ammunition in Syria's rebel-held Idlib killed at least 39 people including 12 children...

A former White House staffer who has written a bombshell memoir of her time serving under President Donald Trump released a secret tape Sunday of...

The death toll from floods in Mongolia has risen to 65 after the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) registered two deaths on Sunday.“Two deaths were...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Sunday with the families of victims of a fatal shooting in eastern Canada — but said “now is not the...

Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100, with more expected to break...

The teenager son of a police chief in California, who brutally assaulted a 71-year-old Sikh man, grinned and made obscene gestures during his first court...

A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.As soon as...

South Korea said a total of 35,000 tons of North Korean coal and pig iron worth $5.8 million illegally entered its ports last year, in...

Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern Canadian city,...

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr....

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily.A memo shared with The Associated Press...

The US military said it had launched a search and rescue operation after reports a marine may have fallen overboard from an American warship as...

A record 63,880 people were slain in Brazil last year, according to a report released Thursday, a grim milestone that underscores deteriorating security in Latin...

Ryanair pilots in several European countries on Friday staged a strike that prompted the budget carrier to cancel 400 flights.A walkout called by German union...

Russian operatives have penetrated some of Florida’s election systems and could delete registered voters ahead of the November elections if the systems are not adequately...

A Turkish delegation will visit Washington this week to discuss growing friction between the NATO allies, according to reports on Tuesday, while Washington said the...

The United States announced Wednesday it will impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former...

Danny Stork, a livestock farmer in Glen Oak, 180 kilometers north of Sydney, has 20 bales of hay left for his 100 head of cattle....

Firefighters said for the first time Wednesday that they have made good progress battling the state’s largest-ever wildfire but didn’t expect to have it fully...

Rick Gates, a longtime business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, on Monday testified that he helped Manafort file false...

Saudi Arabia has stopped all medical treatment programs in Canada and is coordinating for the transfer of all Saudi patients from Canadian hospitals to other...

Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won’t be allowed to use fitness-tracker or cellphone applications that can...

The United States is on pace to add about 2.6 million jobs this year under US president Donald Trump's watch. Yet the bulk of the...

Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The place-names change but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new...

U.S. President Donald Trump insists that North Korea is making progress in dismantling its nuclear program.Trump made the remarks while speaking to business leaders at...

Italian firefighters say 12 people have been killed and three injured after a van accident in a town in southern Italy.The ANSA news agency reported...

Every time an image of U.S. President Donald Trump appears on TV in South Korea, 69-year-old Vietnam War veteran Chung Seung Jin solemnly salutes.The U.S....

A German court Tuesday handed down lengthy jail sentences to a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online...

Two trucks collided on a motorway near Bologna airport in northern Italy on Monday, sending a huge ball of fire and billows of black smoke...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared on Sunday that Washington would “enforce the sanctions” it is reimposing against Iran after President Donald Trump withdrew...

Residents and tourists in Portugal and Spain stayed in the shade or flocked to the beach Saturday as southern Europe sweltered in a heat wave...

Chinese state media on Monday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies in an unusually personal attack, even as they sought to reassure...

Brazil’s Workers Party (PT) officially named former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as its presidential candidate on Saturday, even though he is in prison...

Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an apparent assassination attempt that took place while he was delivering a speech to...

 A U.S. diplomat handed over a letter for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from U.S. President Donald Trump to North Korea’s foreign minister at...

President Donald Trump's strategy of becoming aggressively involved in the midterm elections is prompting concern among some Republicans who worry he's complicating the political calculus...

Even behind bars, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will secure his leftist party's nomination Satur-day and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the...

  Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he gave a speech to hundreds of soldiers in Caracas on Saturday but...

20-year-old Eric Torrell was shot by the police as he was seen walking with what appeared to be a gun around Vasastan district in central...

Thirty-nine people were killed in a suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan, and the death toll may climb further, police and government...

Mexico’s economy minister said on Friday that Mexico and the United States could overcome key stumbling blocks standing in the way of a new NAFTA...

A Turkish court rejected an appeal on Tuesday for an American pastor to be released from house arrest during his trial on terrorism charges, his...

Word late on Tuesday that the Trump administration was poised to escalate a trade war with China has been confirmed by the White House, with...

In an emotional and solemn ceremony, the remains of dozens of presumed casualties from the Korean War were we escorted by military honor guards onto...

Amidst tensions in bilateral ties, the US Congress has passed a defence spending bill capping its security-related aid to Pakistan at USD 150 million, significantly...

Australia Thursday (Aug 2) vowed to "vehemently" oppose a new push by Japan to undermine a global moratorium on commercial whaling, and urged like-minded nations...

A New York judge who ordered an Ecuadorean immigrant who delivered pizza to an Army installation freed from an immigration detention camp said Wednesday that...

Dozens of people were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango on Tuesday, but authorities said...

 Striking taxi drivers brought traffic in parts of major Spanish cities to a standstill Monday by stopping their vehicles in major thoroughfares to protest ride-hailing...

CBS Corp.’s board left Chief Executive Leslie Moonves in his post on Monday as it discussed sexual harassment claims against him and took steps to...

Several U.S. states said on Monday that they would jointly sue the Trump administration in a last-ditch effort to block the public from being able...

Thousands protested in central Moscow on Sunday against a proposed increase to the retirement age and the crowd chanted slogans critical of Russian President Vladimir...

Easter Island is known for its unique Moai monumental statues carved by the Rapa Nui people, believed to have arrived on the remote landmass in...

China offered Britain talks on a post-Brexit free trade deal on Monday, reaching out to London as Beijing remains mired in an increasingly bitter trade...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d “certainly meet” with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and without preconditions, if the Iranian leader were willing.Speaking during...

Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya will return to Westminster Magistrates' Court in London tomorrow for closing arguments in his extradition trial and for the judge...

Agriculture ministers from the G-20 countries criticized protectionism in a joint statement on Saturday, and vowed to reform World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, but did...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will stand its ground after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara if it does...

The Taliban held its first direct contact with a U.S. official in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks on Afghanistan, a senior official with...

In a move seen as unprecedented, Pope Francis has effectively stripped U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick of his cardinal’s title following allegations of sexual abuse, including...

Americans spent with abandon this spring. Businesses invested in more buildings and equipment. And exports jumped. Combined, those factors drove economic growth in the April-June...

Imran Khan’s party said it has begun talks with independents and small parties to form a coalition government after a resounding triumph in Pakistan’s general...

The key take away from the BRICS summit in Johannesburg is that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – important Global South players –...

The Associated Press Heat waves are setting all-time temperature records across the globe, again. Europe suffered its deadliest fire in more than a century, and...

US president Donald Trump on Friday denied knowing about the 2016 meeting his son Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign staff held at Trump Tower...

A group of Pakistani political parties Friday announced protests demanding new elections following allegations of rigging in this week’s nationwide polls that were won by...

In the small northern California community of Keswick, only a handful of homes remain.The air is thick with the smell of smoke and chemicals. The...

Curiosity and awe have greeted a complete lunar eclipse, the longest one of this century and visible in much of the world.The so-called “blood moon,”...

North Korea on Friday handed over 55 boxes carrying remains thought to be of US soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, a first step...

The Trump administration on Wednesday sought to fend off accusations the president is too soft on Russia, putting off a proposed second summit with Russian...

Several members of a cult that carried out a deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subway were executed on Thursday, Japanese media said, weeks after...

One of the European Union’s main leaders will sit down with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday hoping to convince him to hold off from...

The Trump administration faced a court-imposed deadline Thursday to reunite thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated at the US-Mexico border, an enormous...

A group of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment to remove deputy US attorney general Rod Rosenstein, escalating a fight over Special Counsel...

US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday criticized Middle Eastern countries for not doing enough to help Palestinians and move the peace...

The Election Commission of Pakistan today rejected the "blatant" rigging allegations levelled by the incumbent PML-N after trends showed Imran Khan's party was inching towards...

Israeli LGBT campaigners vowed on Monday to step up their fight for the right to become parents following mass demonstrations in Tel Aviv in support...

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of six former top national security officials who have been critical of his administration, a...

President Donald Trump expressed appreciation to North Korea on Tuesday following reports that Pyongyang has started to dismantle key parts of a missile test site....

At least 28 people were killed and 35 wounded in a suicide attack on a polling station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials...

Rescue workers in Greece continued to search charred homes and burned-out cars on Wednesday as the toll from some of the worst wildfires this century...

Turkish authorities told a US Treasury Department delegation that Ankara will not implement new sanctions imposed by Washington on Iran, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Driving through the endless dunes and cacti of the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico, a shimmering blue field suddenly appears on the horizon — not...

=A scientific mega-project to unlock cosmic conundrums from dark energy to detecting extraterrestrial life was given a boost on July 13, when the 64-dish MeerKAT...

Hundreds of Syrian “White Helmet” rescue workers and their families fled advancing government forces and slipped over the border into Jordan overnight with the help...

At least 20 people died and more than 100 were injured on Monday as a wildfire swept through a small resort town in eastern Greece...

The United Nations Security Council on Monday (Jul 23) urged Myanmar to step up efforts for Rohingya refugees to return to the country safely and...

Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada's biggest city said on Sunday, with one person killed and the...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of white voters on Saturday in an attempt improve relations ahead of a July 30 election, a marked...

Brazil has taken a stand against the explosion of “fake news” stories swamping the internet by making media analysis studies compulsory for schoolchildren.“The aim is...

Burberry, which has been in the crosshairs for burning tens of millions of dollars of its products, is far from the only firm to destroy...

A draft of Cuba’s new constitution omits the aim of building communism, recognizes private property and opens the door to gay marriage, in a sign...

Jordan said on Sunday 800 people including members of Syria's "White Helmets" civil defence group had been evacuated from southwest Syria where Damascus' forces are...

They believed they were safe but a few blood drops betrayed them: 15 years after a daring robbery at a French jewellery store, the four...

China’s foreign ministry hit back at comments made by President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor on Thursday, saying it is clear who is right and...

Over 20 Indian-origin people have been sentenced for up to 20 years in prison in the United States for their involvement in a multimillion-dollar India-based...

Israel’s parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, but which critics warn...

America’s trade war with China made headlines again on Friday after President Donald Trump said he was “ready” to impose tariffs on a value of...

The country-and-western tourist town of Branson, Missouri, mourned Friday for more than a dozen sightseers who were killed when a duck boat capsized and sank...

First it was "Feku", in May, for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now "Idiot" is online activists' latest way to mock another world leader, US...

U.S. officials say the United States is finalizing plans to evacuate several hundred Syrian civil defense workers and their families from southwest Syria as Russian-backed...

Montenegro's government on Thursday defended its contribution to peace in response to a verbal attack from US President Donald Trump, who said this week that...

Vietnamese activists and pro-democracy campaigners in Ho Chi Minh City are now locked in a game of cat-and-mouse with security forces as the country’s main...

A South Korean salvage team has reportedly discovered the wreck of a Russian warship that is believed to still contain 200 tons of gold bullion...

Facebook has built on its campaign to prevent the platform from being used to spread dangerous misinformation, saying it will remove bogus posts likely to...

The United States hopes North Korea will return the remains of about 50 American Korean War dead within two weeks, the first of thousands President...

Hedge fund billionaire David Einhorn plays poker at the World Series of Poker's "Big One for One Drop."Hedge fund billionaire David Einhorn busted out of...

 President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Jul 17) there is no hurry to denuclearise North Korea under his accord with Kim Jong Un - a...

A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families reunited after being separated at the border, as the Trump administration...

A 29-year-old Russian woman living in Washington, DC, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian government while...

 Two police officers in Georgia have been suspended after they used a coin toss to decide whether to arrest a 24-year-old motorist they stopped for...

 Apart from this, around 2,063 women and children fell victim to different types of violence which include rape, eve-teasing, physical torture for dowry demand and...

A number of Chinese and German companies have signed a series of agreements involving the automotive industry during the past week, reflecting a new ‘honeymoon’...

SEOUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that talks on Sunday (Jul 15) between U.S. and North Korean officials to discuss the return of...

A British caver who helped rescue 12 boys from a Thai cave said Monday he may take legal action against Elon Musk after the entrepreneur...

The Yomiuri Shimbun U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused North Korea of operating secret facilities for the enrichment of uranium when he met senior...