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Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump clashes in the city of San Diego in California.

US senators questioned on Tuesday whether India's development of a port in southern Iran for trade access risked violating international sanctions, and a State Department official assured them the administration would closely examine the project.

Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval while US secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said yesterday.

US President Barack Obama briefly beatboxed before an impromptu performance by Vietnamese rapper Suboi

President Barack Obama confirms Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour is killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an "important milestone" in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.

Donald Trump's inflammatory presidential campaign and the prospect of the brash-talking tycoon actually becoming commander-in-

The Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House, according to US officials.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Moment magnitude scale struck Ecuador early today, one month after a much larger quake killed some 660 people, the US Geological Survey said.

A bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government has passed a key hurdle in the US Senate.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is willing to meet the North Korean leader to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

The United States yesterday eased some sanctions on Myanmar to support ongoing political reforms, but maintained most of its

Around 12,000 people have been urged to leave Canada's oil sands camps near the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire heads towards them.

A 64-year-old man who lost most of his penis to cancer is recovering well after undergoing the United States' first penis

The presumptive Republican candidate in the US presidential election, Donald Trump, has called on Muslims to work with the police and "turn people in".

Some Americans are threatening to leave the US for Canada if Donald Trump becomes President, but will they actually move?

As a response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comment on a ban on Muslim in the United States, London's new mayor Sadiq Khan says he would welcome Trump to London to "educate" him about Islam and its compatibility with Western values.

China has increased defence capabilities and deployed more troops along the Indian border, the Pentagon has said, as it warned of

The Obama administration issues a final rule to sharply cut methane emissions from US oil and gas production, to reduce methane emissions by nearly half over the next decade.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on temporarily barring Muslims from travelling to the US.