President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday pleaded for more time to bring about reconciliation and ensure

The world edged closer to a 2020 goal to repair vast areas of damaged natural lands and forests, officials announced

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stepped up his bid to win over minority voters by addressing a largely black

Syrian government troops renewed the siege of rebel-held parts of Aleppo yesterday, as Washington and Moscow failed to reach a deal on stemming violence in the country's devastating war.

A tearful Nick Kyrgios, a dark horse to win the US Open, retires from his third-round match against Ukraine's Illya Marchenko with a hip injury.

Los Angeles airport police say on Twitter they are investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired at Los Angeles International airport, with officials closing the arrival and departures areas of the central terminal.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump linked illegal immigration and employment Saturday, pledging to

The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea for test-firing ballistic missiles and agreed to

Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for voters to reject the "bigotry" of Donald Trump's White House campaign,

The tone of the US presidential campaign turned darker on Thursday, with Hillary Clinton skewering Donald Trump

The Brazilian authorities have charged US swimming star Ryan Lochte with making a false statement about being robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics.

Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on Hillary Clinton Tuesday as her campaign battled to silence suggestions that

Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Hillary Clinton shut down the charitable foundation founded by her husband, former

Angela Merkel has called for the EU to sign Turkey-style "one in, one out" deals with North African states in a bid to

Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, resigned yesterday under fire over a Ukrainian corruption investigation

Firefighters were gaining ground yesterday against a wildfire burning in a Southern California mountain pass that has

US Olympic authorities apologize to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers are allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio.

Brazilian police arrest two US swimmers and a top International Olympic Committee official as scandal overshadows the Rio Games.

Protesters fired gunshots, hurled bricks and set a gas station on fire in the US mid-western city of Milwaukee on

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro revived old enmities with the United States as he celebrated his 90th birthday