A gunman hijacked a US postal truck and opened fire at random in the US state of Texas Saturday, shooting dead at least five people

A gunman hijacks a US postal truck and opens fire at random in the US state of Texas Saturday, shooting dead at least five people and wounding many others before dying in a shootout with officers.

The United States has blacklisted the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, saying it had “reliable information” it was transporting oil to Syria in defiance of

At least 23 people are killed in a fire at a bar in Mexico's southern port city of Coatzacoalcos, after what could have been an attack on the premises, authorities have said.

An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by

US and Taliban negotiators held talks in Doha on Monday as potentially decisive dialogue to enable Washington to drawdown its

A coalition of 20 US states announced on Monday they will sue Donald Trump’s administration over its recent decision to remove legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained.

Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies."

An Oklahoma judge in the US orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, a sum that was substantially less than investors had expected, driving up J&J's shares.

US President Donald Trump yesterday denied an Axios report that he wanted to drop nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that India and Pakistan could handle their dispute over occupied Kashmir on their own, but

US space agency Nasa is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported Saturday. Astronaut

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed their differences over the seriousness of North Korea’s

US President Donald Trump appeared to brush aside French efforts to mediate with Iran yesterday, saying that while he was happy for

A patient who had recently been vaping has died in the US after developing severe lung disease, officials said Friday, as authorities

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it had identified 193 potential cases of severe lung illness tied to vaping in 22 states as of August 22, including one adult in Illinois who died after being hospitalized.

President Donald Trump angrily escalates his trade fight with China, raising retaliatory tariffs and ordering American companies to consider alternatives to doing business there.

G7 leaders gathering in France this weekend plan to hammer out "concrete measures" in response to the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest, putting them on a collision course with Brazil's rightwing leader.

As wildfires rage through the Brazilian Amazon, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said Dublin will vote against a trade deal between the European Union and South American trade bloc Mercosur unless Brazil takes action to protect the rainforest.

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States, abolishing a previous 20-day limit.