Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon warns.

The opposition in Venezuela has won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, overturning nearly two decades of dominance by the Socialists of President Nicolas Maduro.

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will chair a first-ever summit of the finance ministers of the UN Security Council this month, to discuss combating terror group

Donald Trump is once again alone at the top of the Republican field, according to the latest CNN/ORC Poll, with 36% of registered Republicans and Republican-

The mass shooting in California is being investigated as "an act of terrorism," the FBI said, amid reports the female assailant had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on Facebook.

Lawyers representing the family of the two San Bernardino attackers say, relatives are "in complete shock" over the shooting.

How often do mass shootings occur in the US? More than one a day. That is how often, on average, shootings that left four or more people injured or dead occurred in the United States this year, according to compilations of episodes derived from news reports.

US officials release the dashboard camera video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times in Chicago last year.

Sixteen people were injured in New Orleans late Sunday when gunshots rang out during a melee at a city playground where hundreds

At least 16 people are wounded in an apparent shooting at a park in New Orleans, police say.

A Democrat has won a Mississippi House race by drawing a longer straw, an official way to break a tie in a legislative election for the state.

Donald Trump's support for registering US Muslims in a database drew criticism Friday from rival Republicans and Democratic

Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.

Jewish American spy Jonathan Pollard was released from a US prison yesterday after serving nearly 30 years for passing American secrets

Donald Trump has confirmed his plan to force Muslims in the United States to register on a database - and refused to respond to comparisons between his policy and the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany. The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination was confronted about the scheme - which would see Muslims given a form of identification that notes their religion - by a reporter from NBC News while signing autographs after a rally in Iowa.

Two housewives were murdered allegedly by their husbands and in-laws for dowry in Ramgati upazila of Laxmipur district on Monday night.

Illegal structures have been erected on government land at Alangi Bazar in Alangi union of Dhunat upazila under the district allegedly in collusion with the local union parishad chairman.

A court here yesterday sentenced five people to death for killing a minor boy after abduction in Sadar upazila in 2001.

Last month was the hottest October in modern history and the first 10 months of the year have also set new records for worldwide

US President Barack Obama ruled out a shift in strategy in the fight against Islamic State on Monday despite the