More than 50 US intelligence analysts have complained that senior military officials altered reports so as to downplay the strength of Islamic State and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Daily Beast reported Thursday.

President Barack Obama has ordered his team to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, the White House said yesterday, amid criticism that the

Hillary Clinton says she and her family paid a State Department staffer with personal funds to maintain a private email server that she used for both personal and government matters while secretary of state.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the Iran nuclear deal does not get blocked, when a veteran Democrat became the crucial 34th senator to back the controversial accord.

"Here's my personal email," Hillary Clinton wrote to US special envoy George Mitchell on a summer Sunday in 2010 as he telephoned one European official after another in an effort to keep peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians on track.

She remains Democrats' best hope -- for now -- to retain the White House, but Hillary Clinton has failed to shake an unremitting email scandal that has dragged down her perceived trustworthiness and upended her campaign.

Former CIA chief and retired general David Petraeus wants the United States to consider working with some members of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated organization to tackle the Islamic State group in Syria, he said Tuesday.

A life threatening amoeba takes the life of 14-year-old Michael John Riley Jr in a matter of days.

US President Barack Obama warned Monday that climate change is no longer a problem of the future, but rather a challenge for now and one that will define the next century.

The United States remains Iran's "number one enemy" despite a recent nuclear deal with world powers, the chief of Tehran's top clerical body said yesterday,

The US State Department released over 4,000 more of the emails former secretary of state and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton kept on a private server

US President Barack Obama has invited Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to visit Washington October 22, the White House said in a statement Sunday. US

Mount McKinley, the tallest of North America's mountains, is officially being renamed Denali, the White House said Sunday, on the eve of President Barack Obama's historic visit to Alaska.

Obama is set to announce that Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, will officially revert back to its original name of Denali.

An ex-TV journalist who shot dead two ex-colleagues live on air in Virginia had been ordered to seek medical help by his bosses, memos reveal.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed "Female Viagra".

The US yesterday reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warming of

A jury in the US state of Colorado spares gunman James Holmes the death penalty for killing 12 people at a screening of a Batman film in 2012.

While some tech companies have their sights set on commercial deliveries by drone, the black market is already one step ahead.

US President Barack Obama was to unveil yesterday what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change, a sensitive issue central to his legacy.