US astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday at age 82, Nasa and his family said.

The United Nations' humanitarian aid official in Yemen has said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year

US President Barack Obama on Monday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran by emphasising its

President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is

Less than 17 months -- that's how long it takes Donald J Trump to reach the White House, besting rivals who had been chasing that dream for years.

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

Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held five phone calls with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States retaliated for Moscow's interference in the US presidential election, three sources familiar with the matter say.

In a tough message to Pakistan, James Mattis, Donald Trump's pick for US defence secretary, has said that if

US President Barack Obama on Thursday ended a decades-old policy that allowed Cuban migrants who arrived

Toughness with Russia and China, support of the Iran nuclear deal, the quest for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian

Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden America's highest civilian honor on Thursday, in an emotional surprise

The US Justice Department says it would probe a Federal Bureau of Investigation decision to announce an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails shortly before the November presidential election, a move she has blamed as a factor in her defeat.

Thousands of demonstrators are expected to turn out in Washington for protests aiming to "shut down" the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next US president, organisers say.

Retired UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday returned to South Korea as momentum builds around his

Donald Trump said Wednesday he had handed complete control of his business to his adult sons but stopped short

The Republican-led US Senate held a procedural vote early yesterday which set in motion the eventual rollback of

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon yesterday told Congress that the United States must be