White House press secretary Sean Spicer and a member of President Donald Trump's legal team resigned Friday in a one-two punch to a reeling administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening...
Iran's parliament voted Tuesday to urgently work towards increasing funds for the country's missile programme and Revolutionary Guards in response to Washington's "adventurism" in the region, media...
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to extend martial law in the southern Philippines as the initial two-month limit approaches with no end in sight to the battle for control of a major...
The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote is needed to pass the legislation, recovering from surgery away from...
A Chinese American accused of "infiltration" in Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, local media reported on Sunday. The man was identified as Xiyue Wang, a 37-year-old researcher at...
President Donald Trump prodded US lawmakers Monday to pass an unpopular health care reform bill before Congress goes on its summer recess next month. Trump chided lawmakers as the Senate reconvened...
US Senate Republicans, facing potential collapse of their "Obamacare" repeal effort, were making last-gasp changes Thursday aimed at uniting different factions of President Donald Trump's party....
Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an "Obamacare" repeal bill across the finish line appears as a rare and costly...
Frantic closed-door negotiations intensified at the US Congress on Tuesday to try to salvage President Donald Trump's key campaign pledge to repeal Barack Obama's health law, as the number of...
US Senate Republicans on Monday launched into a crucial week seeking to ram through the most consequential legislation of Donald Trump's presidency to date, but his party's support for the health...
US President Donald Trump said the Senate Republican health care bill "would be so great if the Democrats and Republicans could get together, wrap their arms around it so that everybody is happy with...
Frozen out of power in Washington and having lost a string of congressional races this year, Democrats are struggling to craft winning strategies to convert disillusionment with President Donald...
Chants against the Saudi royal family and the Islamic State group mingled with the traditional cries of "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" at Jerusalem Day rallies across Iran on Friday. The...
Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited plan to scuttle President Barack Obama's health...
US Senate Republicans were preparing to finally unveil their health care overhaul Thursday aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump's pledge to repeal Obamacare, as Democrats ready a fight to block...
Voters in Georgia cast ballots Tuesday in the priciest US congressional race ever, a $60 million political nailbiter where a Democratic novice could score an upset in a conservative stronghold -- and...
When I wrote on the high expectations over 2017 Hajj, I was just trying to prophesy from experience the nitty-gritty that has over the years controlled the fares paid by Nigerian pilgrims for their...
New US sanctions on Russia approved by the Senate will complicate the countries' relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV interview Saturday. "Of course this will make Russia-US...
A rifle-wielding opponent of President Donald Trump opened fire on US lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game Wednesday, wounding a top Republican congressman and four others before he was...
A rifle-wielding opponent of President Donald Trump opened fire on US lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game Wednesday, wounding a top Republican congressman and four others before he was...
