President-elect Donald Trump assesses several more contenders for top US posts including Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani, as blunt-spoken retired Marine Corps General James Mattis emerges as a leading candidate for defense secretary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says US President-elect Donald Trump confirmed to him he was willing to mend ties, though he also says he would welcome President Barack Obama in Russia.

Members of the reigning Women's World Cup champion United States national team vow to push their case for equal pay to the US men's team as far as it takes.

For 20 years, Laura Avila had yearned to hug her mother again. On Saturday, tears streaming down her face, the 35-

Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met for the final time Saturday, with the Chinese leader warning the period

US President-elect Donald Trump meets a slate of potential cabinet members at his golf club yesterday, including Chris Christie, indicating he remains supportive of the New Jersey governor after booting him from the transition team.

Trump is not wedded to his campaign promises and may still be figuring out what to do.

President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney set aside a fierce rivalry and hold talks likely to feed speculation that Romney could be in line to be the next US secretary of state.

Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle

The Jewish director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which campaigns against anti-Semitism and other bigotry, said Friday that he would register as a Muslim if Donald Trump establishes a database of Muslims in America.

President-elect Donald Trump yesterday met with Mitt Romney, one of his most vocal Republican Party critics now considered a long-shot choice for secretary of state, after naming three polarising conservatives to fill key national security and judicial posts.

President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet begins taking shape, with three conservative stalwarts named to fill key national security and judicial posts -- nominations predictably hailed on the right and condemned by Democrats.

US intelligence chief James Clapper, whose 2013 denial that the US collects personal communications data on

US President Barack Obama and European leaders yesterday pledged to maintain Nato cooperation, and vowed to

The UN Security Council has approved a one-year extension of an international inquiry to determine blame for chemical weapons

Asian journalists attending Asia News Network workshop in Singapore have worried about Donald Trump's victory in US presidency election who has called for stopping Muslims from entering the United States.

Alphabet Inc's Google faces a tougher regulatory landscape as US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration looks poised to reverse Obama administration policies that often favored the internet giant in the company's battles with telecoms and cable heavyweights, analysts say.

US President Barack Obama, on a farewell visit to Europe, says that he hopes Donald Trump would "stand up" to Russia but adds he is "cautiously optimistic" about his successor in the White House.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Donald Trump, says he is confident as Trump is "trustworthy leader."

US President Barack Obama pays a farewell visit on Thursday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen by some as the new