Seven police were killed yesterday trying to put down a riot at a prison in eastern Mexico, authorities said, the latest outburst of deadly violence in the country's jails. The police were trying to restore order at the La Toma prison in Veracruz state, but "were driven back by inmates who had seized tools from the carpentry workshop" and were using them as weapons, the state government said.

President Donald Trump yesterday said on Twitter that there will not be a deal on legalising the status on young adult immigrants known as Dreamers, declaring that the US-Mexico border is becoming more dangerous.

The UN Security Council on Friday blacklisted 27 ships, 21 companies and a businessman for helping North Korea circumvent

Friends, family and colleagues of Stephen Hawking gathered yesterday to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where

Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger is in a stable condition after undergoing emergency open-heart surgery, his

President Donald Trump fires Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and nominates White House doctor Ronny Jackson to replace him following a bruising ethics scandal and a mounting rebellion within the agency.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had to undergo a routine security check at a US airport during a recent visit, an

Facebook yesterday said it will overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users "more in control" of their information on the social

President Donald Trump yesterday rejected a former US Supreme Court judge's call for the repeal of the Second Amendment to the US

US President Donald Trump, who has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, says there is a now a good chance the North Korean leader will give up his country's nuclear weapons.

President Donald Trump says in a tweet that Chinese President Xi Jinping had told him a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had gone very well and that Kim looked forward to meeting with Trump.

US President Donald Trump orders the expulsion of 60 Russians from the United States and closes the Russian consulate in Seattle over a nerve agent attack earlier this month in Britain, senior US officials say.

US President Donald Trump shakes up his foreign policy team again, replacing HR McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran.

It was one of hundreds of cute questionnaires that were shared widely on Facebook and other social media, like "Which Pokemon Are

The UN on Saturday threw its support behind new elections in Zimbabwe set for July and urged the government to

Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within US Congress and was hit with questions about personal data

A comprehensive, global appraisal of mass species extinction -- and what can be done to reverse it -- kicked off in

A data analysis firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign tapped the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, allowing it to capitalize on the private social media activity of a large portion of the US electorate, newspapers report.

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who has endured a year of withering attacks from President Donald

US President Donald Trump decides to sack National Security Advisor HR McMaster, in what would be the latest in a string of high-profile White House departures, The Washington Post reports.