Donald Trump on Wednesday received his first classified intelligence briefing, a privilege reserved for presidential candidates

Weary firefighters yesterday battled a raging inferno that was threatening the homes of more than 82,000 people in southern

Brazilian police arrest two US swimmers and a top International Olympic Committee official as scandal overshadows the Rio Games.

Donald Trump restructured his campaign team for the second time in two months, fending off suggestions that his

Donald Trump on Monday laid out a US blueprint for defeating global terrorism in partnership with Nato and Middle East allies, demanding extreme restrictions on immigration and likening the fight to the Cold War.

Authorities in the US state of Wisconsin are urging residents to remain calm and off the streets night, some 24 hours after violent protests rocked Milwaukee following a fatal shooting by police.

Protesters fired gunshots, hurled bricks and set a gas station on fire in the US mid-western city of Milwaukee on

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro revived old enmities with the United States as he celebrated his 90th birthday

Democrat Hillary Clinton led Republican Donald Trump by more than 5 percentage points in the Reuters/Ipsos tracking

Donald Trump hasn't quite asked the dead to vote for him, but he's nearly there.

At its height in 1922, the British empire governed a fifth of the world's population and a quarter of the world's total

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro turns 90 on Saturday in an island transformed from the one he led for half a century. Both loved as a hero and hated as a dictator, Castro is one of the giant figures of modern history.

Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by more than 5 percentage points in the Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released, little changed in weeks as the US presidential campaign wobbles into the heart of summer.

Afghanistan's chief executive has castigated his ally Ashraf Ghani as "unfit for the presidency", in a public outburst

After surviving more than 600 assassination attempts, defying 10 US presidents and shaping half a century of

Hillary Clinton yesterday released her tax return for last year and criticized her opponent Donald Trump for failing to honor this

Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington yesterday said she would leave the company to focus on running her

The United States yesterday pledged $37 million in aid for victims of Boko Haram, government officials said, as fears of

The United Nations has called for urgent aid access to Syria's Aleppo as regime forces and rebel fighters prepare for an all-out battle for control of the devastated city.

Fifty senior Republican national security officials have issued a stinging rejection of their party's White House