The UN mediator of Syrian peace talks was scheduled to announce the date for a new round of talks later yesterday after

Sri Lanka yesterday announced it was setting up an office to trace thousands of people still missing seven years after

US President Barack Obama yesterday arrived in Japan for a Group of Seven summit, kicking off a historic visit that will also

US President Barack Obama yesterday sought to ease growing Asian worries about the raucous election campaign to

One person was killed and three others injured at a prominent New York music venue late Wednesday during a show to

The United States on Wednesday designated two Pakistan-based Islamist groups with links to the Taliban as global

Hopes of negotiating peace with the Afghan Taliban's new leader were swiftly fading from all sides yesterday, as US

The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disks, a government report

Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president yesterday,

Hillary Clinton on Thursday blasted her likely general election rival Donald Trump as a threat to US democracy and

Nato said yesterday it will hold formal talks with Russia before a landmark July summit in Warsaw endorses the

Hillary Clinton claimed a narrow victory in Kentucky Tuesday as she sought to put away Bernie Sanders, but her resilient rival for

Presumptive US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has admitted he "has regrets" about his US election campaign

The United States plans to renew the bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar when they expire next week, but will

Donald Trump on Friday picked a prominent climate change skeptic to help him craft his energy policy and pushed

The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, a research

The media in Cambodia has been ordered to write the full title of strongman Hun Sen in all reports, a lengthy

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

Donald Trump's support has surged and he is now running nearly even with Democrat Hillary Clinton among likely

North Korea may be preparing to carry out a fifth nuclear test in the near future judging by commercial satellite images