If Barack Obama was elected on a wave of optimism, eight years later, hopes of a post-racial America have soured amid recognition that it takes more than a black president to overcome centuries of racism.

Donald Trump has one big lesson to learn from outgoing US President Barack Obama -- he needs to learn to be cool about crying.

Last year, the Earth sweltered under the hottest temperatures in modern times for the third year in a row, US scientists said yesterday,

Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has legal right to become a Russian citizen after he was given leave to remain in Russia for another couple of years.

US Vice President Joe Biden, in his last major speech before leaving office, yesterday described Russia as the biggest threat to the

President-elect Donald Trump was hit with a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday by a former contestant on his reality television show "The

US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday at age 82, Nasa and his family said.

The United Nations' humanitarian aid official in Yemen has said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year

US President Barack Obama on Monday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran by emphasising its

President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is

Less than 17 months -- that's how long it takes Donald J Trump to reach the White House, besting rivals who had been chasing that dream for years.

Islamic State militants launched their biggest attack in months on government-held areas of the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor yesterday,

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday downplayed talk of ideological splits within his incoming cabinet on Russia, torture and

The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward

A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new

Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held five phone calls with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States retaliated for Moscow's interference in the US presidential election, three sources familiar with the matter say.

Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden America's highest civilian honor on Thursday, in an emotional surprise

In a tough message to Pakistan, James Mattis, Donald Trump's pick for US defence secretary, has said that if

US President Barack Obama on Thursday ended a decades-old policy that allowed Cuban migrants who arrived

Toughness with Russia and China, support of the Iran nuclear deal, the quest for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian