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...
Lawyers for US First Lady Melania Trump have re-filed a defamation case against UK newspaper Daily Mail. The new complaint drops wording that said Mrs Trump missed a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity"...
Mexico has condemned new guidelines issued by the United States on deporting undocumented immigrants. Under plans unveiled by the Trump administration on Tuesday, almost all people staying in the US...
A performance by Katy Perry at the Brit Awards on Wednesday saw skeletons wearing outfits matching those of US President Donald Trump and his British counterpart Theresa May. Pop superstar Perry took...
President Donald Trump cited spiraling public debt figures but gave himself some cover as he prepares to submit his first budget to Congress, saying he's only been in office a month. 'We're going to...
After nearly a year of occupying North Dakota prairie land to block the route of a controversial oil pipeline, many of the camp's holdouts finally marched out Wednesday to meet the federal evacuation...
Federal Reserve officials have said they may need to raise interest rates "fairly soon" if the economy stays strong, minutes of their meeting show. The first meeting of the Fed since Donald Trump...
Overjoyed new US citizens breathed a huge sigh of relief and celebrated Wednesday, largely -- if not uniformly -- critical of the Trump administration's orders for a sweeping crackdown on illegal...
A month into Donald Trump's presidency, The Washington Post has unveiled a new slogan: "Democracy Dies in Darkness." It appeared for the first time across the top of the storied daily newspaper's...
US plans to deport millions of Central American migrants and regional security issues dominated US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly's visit to Guatemala on Wednesday, his Guatemalan counterpart...
US President Donald Trump in mid-March will unveil his first government budget, a keystone statement of his priorities for the coming years, the White House said Wednesday. The nearly four trillion...
Federal Reserve officials said their outlook for the economy and interest rates had not changed much since December 2016, when they indicated three rate hikes were likely in 2017 US central bankers...
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...
A fundraiser started by a pair of Muslim-American activists got a boost from famed Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, raising tens of thousands of dollars to aid a Jewish cemetery that was vandalized...
Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 jihadists were still holed up in the flashpoint Islamic-State Syrian town of Al-Bab, as rebel commanders predicted its capture was imminent. The fight for Al-Bab...
One major campaign promise of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2016 was the payment of deposits to victims to DKM customers. The President in November 2016 promised customers that he will retrieve...
German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Bayer on Wednesday said it expected further growth this year after a record performance in 2016, as its mammoth takeover of US seedmaker Monsanto remains on...
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacked the United Nations for "one-sided resolutions" against Israel's push to build settlements on occupied land as he welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu on...
The Minerals Commission is projecting an increase of about 3% in gold production by the second quarter of this year. The commission attributes this to the uncertainties of the policy direction...
Rival Syrian camps were due in Geneva Wednesday for UN-brokered talks to end the six-year conflict with persistent violence and deadlock over the country's political future dampening hopes of a...
