The US Justice Department unveils 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying he unlawfully published the names of classified sources and conspired with and assisted ex-Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in obtaining access to classified information.

At first glance, it looks like a branch of kelp, but then an eye moves among its leafy appendages, and ridges of tiny, translucent fins start to flutter, sending the creature gliding through the water like something from a fairy tale.

President Donald Trump’s administration charged Tuesday it was “quite possible” Iran was responsible for the sabotage of Gulf oil interests but said its robust response had stopped potential attacks on Americans.

The United States yesterday called for dismantling the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, weeks before unveiling the

President Donald Trump yesterday fired back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation that he is engaged in a cover-up, saying at a

Most US businesses in China are hurting from the tariffs war between the two countries, forcing some companies to relocate abroad or refocus their business, a survey shows.

More Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying.

US lawmakers clashed Monday over intelligence on Iran, with an ally of President Donald Trump accusing Tehran of provocations that

A US judge on Monday ruled in favor of a US House of Representatives committee seeking President Donald Trump’s financial records

The United Nations human rights office calls on US authorities to ensure that women have access to safe abortions, saying bans lead to risky underground abortions that can endanger a woman's life.

The White House will unveil the first part of President Donald Trump’s long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan when it holds an international conference in Bahrain in late June to encourage investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, senior US officials said on Sunday.

The US military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, angering Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two biggest economies.

President Donald Trump issues an ominous warning to Iran, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed.

Republican lawmaker Justin Amash said Saturday that he believed Donald Trump has engaged in “impeachable conduct,” becoming the

Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop reportedly suspected of extorting priests and covering up sexual

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, making it the latest

The United States said Friday it had approved more than $600 million in sales of air defense missiles to South Korea and Japan as tensions return with North Korea.

An ex-CIA officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison for spying for China in a case called part of an "alarming trend" in the US intelligence community.

US diplomats have warned that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being “misidentified” amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran.

President Donald Trump will visit South Korea in June to meet with his counterpart Moon Jae-in over their efforts to persuade North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons arsenal, the White House said Wednesday.