Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a dead heat as the Republicans head into their presidential nominating

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice for running mate at a

President Barack Obama has urged the US to "reject despair" as he paid tribute to five police officers killed during a deadly sniper attack in Dallas.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has received an endorsement from her former rival Bernie Sanders.

After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders yesterday offered his long-awaited endorsement for Democratic

The gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas, "changed" by his experience in the US military, his mother says.

Two bailiffs are shot dead during a scuffle with a prisoner turned gunman inside a Michigan courthouse that left two people wounded before police officers killed the shooter, a county sheriff says.

Protests have continued in the United States, after violent incidents involving African American people and the police last week.

Bernie Sanders will join Hillary Clinton at a presidential campaign rally in New Hampshire today at which he is expected to deliver his

The United States will send an additional 560 military personnel to Iraq to assist in its fight against the Islamic State jihadist group,

More than 200 people were arrested in chaotic scenes during a new night of protests over US police violence towards blacks as authorities yesterday revealed that the Dallas shooter had apparently been plotting a major bomb attack.

Iran's ballistic missile tests in March were "not consistent" with the spirit of the nuclear agreement signed with world

Nato leaders yesterday united behind a policy of deterrence and dialogue with Russia after launching the alliance's biggest military

The "bomb robot" killing of a suspected Dallas shooter may be the first lethal use of an automated device by American police, and underscores the growing role of technology in law enforcement.

US Congressman Charles W Boustany appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her tremendous courage to fight against terrorism.

The US expels two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow, the state department says.

A black man is shot dead by police in the US state of Minnesota as protests continued over the police killing of a black man in Louisiana. Philando Castile's girlfriend live-streamed the aftermath, showing him covered in blood with a police officer pointing his gun at him.

US-backed rebels yesterday accused al-Qaeda-linked fighters of storming their headquarters in northwestern Syria and

President Barack Obama's administration estimated Friday that between 64 and 116 civilians have died during the years 2009-2015

The FBI yesterday quizzed Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton about her use of personal email while serving as secretary of