Two firms signed a deal Thursday for the first commercial exports in half a century from Cuba to the United States, a new step in the

At least 33 inmates were killed by their rivals at a prison in northern Brazil yesterday, days after a riot by warring gangs left dozens

Donald Trump has chosen for his director of national intelligence someone who could provide a counterweight to the president-elect's

US Vice President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to "grow up."

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday criticised news reports that US taxpayers would pay for his planned border wall with

US spy chiefs were set to confront an openly dismissive President-elect Donald Trump yesterday with their evidence that Russia

The top US intelligence official says he is "even more resolute" in his belief that Russia staged cyber attacks on Democrats during the 2016 election campaign, rebuking persistent skepticism from Republican President-elect Donald Trump about whether Moscow is involved.

President Barack Obama called on congressional Democrats Wednesday to "fight" to preserve his signature health care reform, with its

Top US spy chiefs was to testify yesterday in Congress on alleged Russian interference in the US election as President-elect Donald

More than 125,000 Iraqis have been displaced since the start in October of an offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists,

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter again on Monday evening to promise North Korea would not develop a nuclear missile

US President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on Jan 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters,

Donald Trump is planning to do "many big things" after being sworn in as president, his communications director said Sunday, adding

The new United Nations chief Antonio Guterres yesterday said he would like to make 2017 a year to "put peace first,"

President-elect Donald Trump again cast doubt Saturday on a US intelligence finding that Russia meddled in the US

President-elect Donald Trump on praised President Vladimir Putin for refraining from tit-for-tat expulsions of Americans in response

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday responded to a slew of US election related sanctions against Russia with a call for the

Colombia's Congress on Wednesday passed a law granting amnesty to FARC rebels as part of the country's peace

US President-elect Donald Trump launched a fresh salvo of accusations against the United Nations Wednesday, saying

President Barack Obama's administration is poised to announce a series of retaliatory measures against Russia over