Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has legal right to become a Russian citizen after he was given leave to remain in Russia for another couple of years.

US Vice President Joe Biden, in his last major speech before leaving office, yesterday described Russia as the biggest threat to the

President-elect Donald Trump was hit with a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday by a former contestant on his reality television show "The

Islamic State militants launched their biggest attack in months on government-held areas of the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor yesterday,

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday downplayed talk of ideological splits within his incoming cabinet on Russia, torture and

The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward

A US woman has died from an infection that was resistant to all 26 available antibiotics, health officials said this week, raising new

President-elect Donald Trump yesterday flatly denied "phony" explosive allegations about ties with Russia and lurid behavior on a trip to Moscow that have tainted his election victory and threatened to engulf his presidency.

Russia Tuesday criticised Washington's blacklisting of a high-ranking official and the suspects in the murder of ex-spy Alexander

Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep berated President-elect Donald Trump for his divisive rhetoric as she received a lifetime

US authorities have charged the Iraq war vet accused of shooting five people dead and wounding six at a Florida airport with federal

President-elect Donald Trump condemned Russia critics on Saturday, calling those who oppose better relations with Moscow "stupid"

Some 300 US Marines will head to Helmand province in Afghanistan this spring to help a NATO-led mission to train Afghan forces, the

The US Congress certified Friday that Donald Trump won the November presidential election. Lawmakers held a ceremonial final count in

Michelle Obama urged young Americans not to fear the future but fight for it, delivering an emotive farewell speech Friday in which

Federal investigators yesterday pursued all angles in determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire

Two firms signed a deal Thursday for the first commercial exports in half a century from Cuba to the United States, a new step in the

Donald Trump has chosen for his director of national intelligence someone who could provide a counterweight to the president-elect's

US Vice President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to "grow up."

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday criticised news reports that US taxpayers would pay for his planned border wall with