A 29-year-old Russian woman has been arrested for conspiring to influence US politics by cultivating ties with political groups including the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun rights lobby.

Donald Trump was fired up. When the US president set off for Europe one week ago he was bent on knocking heads with Washington's allies and finding friendship with Russia.

A projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck a boat carrying people watching lava from the two-month-old eruption, injuring 23, the fire department said.

A plane crash that killed 112 people in Cuba on May 18 was caused by human error, the Mexican company that owned the jet said Monday.

Former US president Barack Obama yesterday used a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn of "strange and uncertain times", a day after Donald Trump refused to challenge Vladimir Putin over interference in US elections.

Former US president Barack Obama uses a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn of "strange and uncertain times", a day after Donald Trump refused to challenge Vladimir Putin over interference in US elections.

President Donald Trump cast his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a glowing light and attempts to discredit the widely held perception that the day he spent with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, is detrimental to the United States.

US President Donald Trump sets the scene for his summit with Vladimir Putin by blaming the chill in relations with Moscow on the investigation into Russian interference in his election victory.

US President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because "everybody wants me to" and there are no Democratic

A violent clash broke out late Saturday in Chicago's predominately black South Side neighborhood after police shot and killed a man

Putin became prime minister in 1999 as warm ties between president Boris Yeltsin and US leader Bill Clinton chilled over the Kosovo conflict. Russia was outraged by Nato-led airstrikes against its Serbian allies in response to a massacre in Kosovo. Putin took office as premier months afterwards.

RUSSIAN 'MEDDLING': Since the start of Trump's presidency, relations have been tainted by allegations of Russian interference in the

Although President Donald Trump has met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin twice before, he is eager to recreate in Finland the heady experience that he had last month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore: a summit that became a mass media event complete with powerful presidential images.

US regulators approves the first treatment for smallpox — a deadly disease that was wiped out four decades ago — in case the virus is used in a terror attack.

US President Donald Trump plays down his extraordinary attack on Britain's plans for Brexit, praising Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership and insisting ties between the two countries "have never been stronger".

Kim Jong Un tells President Donald Trump he believes their efforts could open up a “new future” between North Korea and the United States and expresses hope for “practical actions” in the future, according to a letter from the North Korean leader.

US adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with President Donald Trump in 2006, is arrested in a strip club in what her lawyer said was a setup.

The known death toll from a four-month crackdown on anti-government protests in Nicaragua rises to 264, says the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

US President Donald Trump hails a personal victory at a Nato summit, saying allies had sharply increased defence spending commitments after he provoked a crisis session with a tirade at European leaders.

With tears and smiles, Salvadoran asylum seeker Walter Armando Jimenez Melendez reunited with his 4-year-old son Jeremy on Tuesday after six weeks of anguished separation.