US prosecutors yesterday dropped all remaining charges against police in the death of Freddie Gray, an African American whose

Cartoonist Jack Davis, the "long-time legendary" artist on the US magazine Mad, has died at the age of 91. Davis, who also

Donald Trump has "actively encouraged" foreign powers to hack his presidential rival Hillary Clinton, her camp says.

US President Barack Obama's half-brother yesterday said he was going to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in this

US first lady Michelle Obama denounces Republican Donald Trump and passionately backs Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

The Democratic Party kicked off its national convention yesterday to anoint Hillary Clinton its presidential nominee, as a row over leaked emails showing party leaders sought to undermine campaign rival Bernie Sanders threatened to upstage the gathering.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has suggested testing all US Muslims to see if they believe in Sharia law, and deporting those who

Republican Donald Trump yesterday told Republican officials he has picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, a Republican source said, choosing a conservative with the potential to unify divided Republicans.

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.

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,

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.

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

US President Barack Obama warned Wednesday against isolationist tendencies in America and elsewhere, calling it "the wrong