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.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's party braced for a backlash at state polls yesterday, while anti-migrant populists are poised

The United States is committed to bringing the perpetrators of the attempted coup against Turkish President Recep

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.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pulls into an effective tie with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton has never been so disliked by Americans. That's according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published Wednesday, a little more than two months before she faces voters at the ballot box.

The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed yesterday,

Cuba and the United States took the latest step in their efforts to boost ties yesterday when the first regular commercial flight

Huma Abedin, one of US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's top aides, yesterday said she was separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after a sex scandal similar to an earlier incident that led him to resign from the US Congress.

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

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

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

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

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