The Pentagon presented the White House with possible new battle plans Monday to defeat the Islamic State group, after President Donald Trump demanded top brass find additional ways to destroy the...
It's goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to "The Towers" at the Waldorf Astoria: one of the world's most luxurious hotels is closing for renovation....
Anthem Inc. (ANTM. N) and other U.S. health insurers complained to the White House for more than a year that they were losing money on people who waited to sign up for Obamacare coverage until they...
US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April. The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians,...
Two Afghan friends were incarcerated together at Guantanamo Bay, but they chose starkly divergent paths after release -- one became an Islamic State jihadist, the other joined the US-led government...
The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald Trump, whose election has provoked deep concern over the body's future. Over its...
Iran's ex-president Mahmud Ahmadinejad published Sunday an open letter to Donald Trump, welcoming his criticism of the US political system but taking issue with his visa ban and attitude to women....
US President Donald Trump has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April. The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians, normally...
The United States has rekindled interest in ultra long-term debt, including possibly a rare century bond, to lock in the current very low borrowing rates. "I think it's something that we should...
Accusations of sexism, cut-throat management, and a toxic work environment have Uber trying to pull its image out of a skid as competition revs in the on-demand ride market. "Experienced managers...
By Joe Kingsley “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of”-Nelson Rolihlahla...
Obama administration veteran Tom Perez will have the tough job of rejuvenating the Democratic party. US Democrats have elected former Labour Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman. Mr...
ISIL is no more. At least, that's the case in the hallways of the Pentagon, where military officials have done an about-face and started calling the Islamic State group ISIS, not ISIL. The latter...
US Democrats, licking their wounds from last year's election debacle, will pick a new leader Saturday to take the fight to President Donald Trump and his Republicans. With opposition Democrats...
Activists, parents and transgender students Thursday vowed to resist the Trump administration's "dangerous" reversal of federal protections on bathroom rights, warning it risked exposing children to...
The UN's Syria envoy launched consultations Thursday with rival sides in the six-year conflict, but hopes of breakthrough are clouded by persistent violence and deadlock over the country's political...
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of...
UN-brokered Syrian peace talks resume in Geneva on Thursday, but hopes of a breakthrough are dim, clouded by persistent violence and deadlock over the country's political future. On the eve of the...
The Trump administration has rescinded guidance enacted by his predecessor in favour of transgender students, the White House has said. The Obama-era rule directed public schools to allow transgender...
US forces have been shot at and returned fire in the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul, a coalition official acknowledged Wednesday, as American troops edge closer to the front lines. The United...
