US President Donald Trump sought again to discredit Michael Cohen yesterday after his former long-time lawyer's bombshell congressional testimony in which he called Trump a racist and a conman.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is willing to give up his nuclear weapons and he would not be holding a second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam if he were not.

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen told Congress that the president is a "racist" and "conman" and knew in advance that WikiLeaks would publish dirt on Hillary Clinton, US media reported.

The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers voiced their opposition to military action in Venezuela yesterday, as President Nicolas Maduro faces increasing pressure from the United States to step down.

The US House of Representatives dealt a blow to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, approving a resolution blocking him from obtaining funding for a Mexican border wall through his declaration of a national emergency.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks separately with the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan and urges them to avoid “further military activity” following an air strike by India inside Pakistan.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the American government of manufacturing a crisis in an attempt to start a war in South America, in an interview broadcast on Monday.

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un hold a second summit this week with no real expectation of a final deal on ridding the North of nuclear weapons but hope raised yesterday for an official peace on the peninsula at long last.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday expressed confidence that embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's "days are numbered," amid a violent impasse over humanitarian aid.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he is nominating Kelly Craft, his envoy to Canada, to be the next US ambassador to the United

A California couple pleads guilty to torture and years of abuse that included shackling some of their 13 children to beds and starving them to the point they stopped growing.

China and Russia yesterday said they were against forcefully sending "so-called humanitarian assistance" to Venezuela, warning it could spark conflict in the crisis-torn country.

Russian investigators yesterday formally charged US investor Michael Calvey with fraud following his controversial arrest, his lawyer said.

US police arrests a TV actor charged with lying to authorities about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on the streets of Chicago.

Venezuela's military said Tuesday it was on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump and suspended air and sea links with the island of Curacao ahead of a planned aid shipment.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on India and Pakistan to take immediate steps to defuse tensions and offered to help broker a solution if both sides agree.

A statue depicting the famous scene of a sailor kissing a woman in New York's Times Square as people celebrate the end of World War II has been vandalised with red spray paint spelling out #MeToo.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that while he hoped his next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would yield much progress, he was also in "no rush" for results.

As the summit frenzy shakes Hanoi, hairdresser Le Tuan Duong joins in, offering free Trump or Kim hairstyles to about a dozen customers.

Senator Bernie Sanders yesterday launched his second bid for the White House, taking direct aim at Donald Trump in an announcement that calls the US president a "pathological liar."