American astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission and commanded a crew on the Skylab space station in 1973 before giving up his career to become a full-time painter, dies in Houston on Saturday, officials said.

Despite the recent release of a US prisoner and his wife on Saturday, sanctions will continue to exist on Venezuela, US Vice President Mike Pence says.

A federal court jury in the US orders Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years.

Members of the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of legislation to pressure Myanmar, also known as Burma, to improve its record on human rights.

The United States said yesterday it stood with the Netherlands and Australia after they blamed Russia for the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine.

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was arraigned in a New York court Friday, charged with rape and a criminal sex act on two women, nearly eight months after his career imploded in a blaze of accusations that triggered the #MeToo movement.

North Korea says today it is still willing to talk to the United States after President Donald Trump abruptly cancells a summit between the two countries, a decision that has thrown the Korean peninsula once more into uncertainty.

President Donald Trump cannot legally block Twitter users who disagree with him, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case with potentially far-reaching implications for social media use by public officials.

Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, has had his security clearance restored, allowing him

The US State Department said on Wednesday it has ordered two Venezuelan diplomats to leave the United States within 48 hours, a move

Two Republican lawmakers, and no Democrats, are expected to attend a meeting scheduled for today to review classified information

A New York state judge backs a couple's battle to kick their 30-year-old son out of their home because he has not contributed toward household expenses or helped with chores and they wanted him to get a job.

Prolific novelist Philip Roth, a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, dies at the age of 85.

A SpaceX rocket blasts off a duo of sports car-sized satellites built by the US and Germany to reveal changes in sea level rise, ice melt and drought on Earth.

Veteran CIA officer Gina Haspel was sworn in as the agency's first female director Monday. The 61-year-old Haspel, who spent her career

President Nicolas Maduro yesterday ordered the expulsion of the chief US diplomatic representative in Venezuela, rejecting economic

The Justice Department has agreed to investigate "any irregularities" in FBI tactics related to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign

US President Donald Trump yesterday warned his landmark summit with Kim Jong Un may not take place as planned, but stressed he believes the inscrutable North Korean leader is "serious" about denuclearization.

Newly appointed United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Myanmar Christine Schraner might visit the country in June.

US President Donald Trump demanded Sunday that the Justice Department investigate whether his presidential campaign was