Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, died on Friday, his younger brother announces to the nation. He was 90.

An overwhelming majority of Mexicans hold a negative view of US President-elect Donald Trump, but most believe their own president should meet with him to defend the country's interests, an opinion poll shows.

As families across a bitterly divided America gathered for Thanksgiving, a battle erupted Thursday in Donald Trump's camp

Trump souvenirs fly off the shelves at the billionaire's gift store, as businesses around the president-elect's glitzy New York home have had to deal with extra security.

US President-elect Donald Trump is sounding a different tune as he prepares to take on the mantle of the presidency.

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate Betsy DeVos, a wealthy Republican campaigner for alternatives to public schools, as his education secretary.

President Barack Obama pardoned his last Thanksgiving turkey on Wednesday, an annual tradition that sees the US leader spare two birds -- the centerpiece of most holiday tables -- from the carving knife.

As the Hillary Clinton campaign is being urged by scientists to recount vote totals in several states, the defeated democratic presidential candidate Clinton’s lead in popular vote is now nearing 2 million.

A US drone strike has killed a senior Egyptian al-Qaeda leader in Syria who previously operated in Afghanistan, the

Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord today, after a previous agreement to end

Basketball star Michael Jordan, actor Robert De Niro and music legend Bruce Springsteen were among the 21 people honored

Donald Trump has said his presidency would not be marred by conflicts of interest stemming from his business empire as he

Cambodia's UN-backed court yesterday upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against

The US-led coalition bombed a key bridge in Mosul yesterday to isolate jihadists whose stiff resistance in the east of the city is

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he has an open-mind about pulling out of world climate accords and

President-elect Donald Trump will not push for further investigation of Hillary Clinton related to her private email use and the

The director of a Japanese mask factory is excited by the high number of orders for Donald Trump masks but is concerned about the approaching presidency.

One policeman was shot dead and three others shot and wounded in four US cities on Sunday, coinciding with an

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday prepared to announce a new slate of cabinet picks some time soon,

Obama said an increasingly borderless world has brought "historic gains in prosperity, education and health," but