Barack Obama vowed the United States would retaliate against Russian hacking after the White House accused Vladimir Putin of direct involvement in cyberattacks designed to influence the US election.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated David Friedman -- an attorney and campaign adviser who backs moving

Donald Trump met Wednesday with some of America's most powerful tech executives in a bid to mend fences with a

The Colombian government has pardoned at least 110 FARC rebels as part of a peace deal to end a 52-year conflict,

President Barack Obama allowed US sanctions against Iran to be renewed yesterday, but in a surprise move declined

New satellite imagery shows China has apparently installed "significant" defensive weapons on a series of artificial

US intelligence officials now believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is personally involved in hacking during the American election campaign as part of a vendetta against Hillary Clinton, NBC News reports.

Vladimir Putin was the world's most powerful person for a fourth straight year in 2016, with US president-elect Donald Trump in second

The White House has blocked the transfer of precision munitions to ally Saudi Arabia, amid anger about the civilian

Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his nomination of ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson as America's next secretary of

Donald Trump announced yesterday he will nominate retired general John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security.

US President-elect Donald Trump rejected the CIA's reported conclusion that Russia intervened to help him win the US

US Secretary of State John Kerry has been given the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, with his French counterpart

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name the chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp as the country's top diplomat, a source familiar with the situation says, an appointment that would put in place an official with close ties to the Russian government.

Donald Trump plunged his quest for America's next top diplomat back into the spotlight Friday by confirming that one

The United States will send 200 additional military personnel including special forces to the campaign against Islamic State in

President Barack Obama orders a review of all cyber attacks that took place during the 2016 election cycle, the White House says as concerns over Russian interference mount.

The US Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise version of an annual defense policy bill on Thursday. Ninety-two senators backed

John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century's greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later as the world's oldest

At least 50,000 Islamic State jihadists have been killed by the US-led coalition since it began operations in Iraq and Syria in late 2014,