President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Bashar al-Assad as responsible for an "egregious" crime, suggesting the United States could be poised to take action against the Syrian leader over this...
Syria's civil war has been raging for more than six years The Pentagon is in detailed discussions with the White House about military options on Syria, according to a US official. This could include...
Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Florida Thursday for a first face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump, hoping that a basket full of "tweetable" deals will help avoid a public...
Mexican immigrant Roberto Beristain's own American wife voted for Donald Trump as US president because he promised to expel crooks from the country. Now, after 20 years living and working in the...
Wildly popular among liberal Americans, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wowed the crowd at a women's summit in New York on Thursday, drawing cheer after cheer for his pro-feminist politics. In...
Russia has said its support for Syrian president Bashar al Assad is "not unconditional" in the wake of a suspected chemical weapons attack that has provoked widespread condemnation. The comment from...
US President Donald Trump departed Thursday for Florida for his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tensions over North Korea, trade and other issues. Air Force One...
Somalia's new president has offered al-Shabab militants a 60-day amnesty amid a declaration of war on the group. Fighters who gave themselves up would receive training, employment and education,...
A US Senate tactic known as a filibuster has just been used for the first time in half a century to block a Supreme Court nominee. Democrats rejected Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the highest court...
Republicans took the historic step Thursday of changing US Senate rules to clear the way for confirming Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, bypassing the first-ever successful opposition block of a...
US President Donald Trump is set to hold his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a high-stakes summit for both leaders. The heads of the world's two biggest economies will hold the...
US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors. Glenn died in December 2016 at the...
Senate Republicans are set to vote on changing procedural rules to ensure the confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Triggering the so-called "nuclear option" would prevent...
The Republican leader of the House investigation into Russian interference in the US election announced Thursday he was stepping aside after being criticized for compromising the probe in visits to...
Iran's conservatives announced a shortlist of five presidential candidates on Thursday as they experimented with their first-ever democratic primary in a bid to find a leader to challenge President...
The Dead Sea was to come alive with music and an extravagant light show Thursday with a concert by electro pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre to draw attention to its shrinking water levels. Jarre was set to...
In the lead-up to the US election, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm and fuzzy-sounding phrases such as "highly respected" and "very talented" and, "I think we'll get along very well"....
Pepsi has pulled an advert that sparked an outcry and accusations that the drinks maker was trivialising recent street protests across the US. She defuses the tension by walking to the police line...
Western powers pushed ahead Thursday with efforts to take action over the suspected chemical attack in Syria after US President Donald Trump warned the "affront to humanity" would not go unanswered....
Pepsi has pulled an advert that sparked an outcry and accusations that the drinks maker was trivialising recent street protests across the US. She defuses the tension by walking to the police line...
