Republican leaders in the US Congress were on the brink of another humiliating health care defeat Tuesday, as they struggled to wrangle enough votes to pass Donald Trump's latest bid to repeal and...
A powerful Saudi royal said Tuesday that there could be no rapprochement between his country and Iran, which he said wants to dominate the Muslim world. In a television interview, Deputy Crown Prince...
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday laid the blame for her defeat in last year's White House race squarely at the feet of FBI director James Comey and Russia, saying their interference had "scared off"...
Choking back tears, the star comedian Jimmy Kimmel has recounted his newborn son's brush with death -- and waded into the raging debate on health care in America -- in an emotional speech that went...
Shortly after Terrill Thomas was put in solitary confinement, US prison guards deemed him too noisy and cut off his water supply. A week later the 38-year-old mentally ill black man was found dead on...
US President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Beijing said Tuesday he would urge his friend Chinese leader Xi Jinping to honor a commitment to rein in North Korea. Terry Branstad, governor of...
US deportations of illegal immigrants slowed during the first three months of the Trump administration despite his pledge to step up expulsions. Data from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Republican leaders in the US Congress were on the brink of another humiliating health care defeat Tuesday, as they struggled to wrangle enough votes to pass Donald Trump's latest bid to repeal and...
US First Daughter Ivanka Trump revived ethics concerns Tuesday by publishing a self-help book for working women, albeit peppered with anecdotes likely to jar on those outside the moneyed elite....
A Syrian rebel delegation has arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana for Russian-led talks aimed at ending the country's civil war after the group snubbed the previous round, Kazakhstan said Tuesday. A...
The Federal Reserve was set to open its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday amid signs of softening inflation which eases the pressure to raise interest rates, at least for now. The central bank is not...
President Donald Trump took the unusual step of advocating a forced shutdown of the federal government Tuesday, after Republicans and Democrats ignored White House demands in reaching a budget deal....
Merkel meets Putin to discuss crises in Syria and Ukraine Mr Putin is reportedly keen to hear Mrs Merkel's opinion of US President Donald Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun talks with...
The US military says its controversial Thaad missile defence system is now operational in South Korea. The system can intercept North Korean missiles although full operational capability is still...
Hamas has softened its stance on Israel after long calling for its destruction, but the Palestinian movement must do more to convince the world to end its isolation, analysts and diplomats said...
China has demanded an 'immediate' halt to the deployment of a controversial US missile system in South Korea just hours after it became operational. Beijing threatened to 'take necessary measures to...
China called Tuesday for the immediate suspension of a controversial missile defence system hours after Washington confirmed the shield was now operational in South Korea. "China's position is...
China demanded on Tuesday an immediate halt to a controversial US missile shield hours after Washington announced that the defence system was now operational in South Korea. Washington and Seoul...
Hamas has announced it is taking a softer stance on Israel, having for years called for the state's destruction, in a dramatic shift in policy - but says it still views it as an occupier. A new...
US television host Jimmy Kimmel has tearfully told of his newborn son's illness and brush with death last week. At the end of his story he made a plea for people to support the Affordable Care Act,...
