China's first-half trade with North Korea rose 10.5 percent year-on-year, Chinese officials said Thursday, as the US urges Beijing to apply economic pressure on its neighbour. Customs administration...
Former top football official Chuck Blazer, whose evidence to US investigators helped trigger the FIFA corruption scandal, has died, his lawyers said Wednesday. Blazer, who himself had been banned for...
It's the app Ankara says provided the messaging hub for many of the suspected plotters who took part in last year's failed coup. Thousands of people have been arrested simply on charges of...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is planning a movie based on the notorious Manson Family killings, according to US media. The American director is discussing the project with several A-list...
Asian markets surged on Thursday, extending a global rally that saw another record on Wall Street after the head of the Federal Reserve indicated it would take a gradual approach to raising US...
International pressure on the Palestinian Authority to halt payments to the families of Palestinians held in Israeli jails, including those convicted of attacks, could trigger political crisis,...
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition are now allowed to come, organizers said Wednesday. US authorities had originally denied access to...
On the imposing metal sheets of the border fence that divides Tijuana, Mexico from San Diego, California, a hand reaches out in friendship amid a burst of butterflies. Nearby, in darker tones, a pile...
Clint Eastwood has cast three young Americans who stopped a terrorist attack on a high-speed train to play themselves in "The 15:17 to Paris," according to US media. Anthony Sadler, Oregon National...
CNN on Wednesday released a video showing Donald Trump attending a dinner with key figures at the center of a growing controversy over alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election....
NASA on Wednesday released a series of stunning images of a raging storm on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, snapped earlier this week as an unmanned probe zipped by. The US space agency's Juno...
US President Donald Trump departed for France Wednesday, as yet another political firestorm swirled in Washington over allegations that Russia helped the Republican ascend to the White House. Air...
American Airlines said Wednesday it is ending its codeshare relationships with Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways as part of its push against government subsidies of Middle Eastern carriers. American...
An undersea earthquake off the coast of North Korea was not caused by a nuclear test, the South's media reported Thursday. The 5.9 magnitude quake struck about 190 kilometres (120 miles) south east...
An advisory panel on Wednesday unanimously urged the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a cutting-edge cancer therapy that genetically alters a patient's own immune system to attack leukemia....
European and US stocks scored solid gains Wednesday, with the Dow ending at a fresh record, as investors welcomed congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterating the pledge...
High-flying criminal lawyer Christopher Wray took a big step Wednesday toward becoming the next director of the FBI as he told lawmakers he would resign rather than bow to political interference....
The US government expressed concern Wednesday about the status of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and urged Beijing to release the cancer-stricken democracy activist and his wife so he can receive...
US President Donald Trump said in an interview Wednesday that he has a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the two met for more than two hours in Hamburg last week. "People...
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The judge ruled he could remain free pending an appeal....
