President Barack Obama confirms Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour is killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an "important milestone" in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.

Donald Trump's inflammatory presidential campaign and the prospect of the brash-talking tycoon actually becoming commander-in-

The Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House, according to US officials.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Moment magnitude scale struck Ecuador early today, one month after a much larger quake killed some 660 people, the US Geological Survey said.

A bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government has passed a key hurdle in the US Senate.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is willing to meet the North Korean leader to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

The United States yesterday eased some sanctions on Myanmar to support ongoing political reforms, but maintained most of its

Around 12,000 people have been urged to leave Canada's oil sands camps near the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray as a resurgent wildfire heads towards them.

A 64-year-old man who lost most of his penis to cancer is recovering well after undergoing the United States' first penis

The presumptive Republican candidate in the US presidential election, Donald Trump, has called on Muslims to work with the police and "turn people in".

Some Americans are threatening to leave the US for Canada if Donald Trump becomes President, but will they actually move?

As a response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comment on a ban on Muslim in the United States, London's new mayor Sadiq Khan says he would welcome Trump to London to "educate" him about Islam and its compatibility with Western values.

China has increased defence capabilities and deployed more troops along the Indian border, the Pentagon has said, as it warned of

The Obama administration issues a final rule to sharply cut methane emissions from US oil and gas production, to reduce methane emissions by nearly half over the next decade.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on temporarily barring Muslims from travelling to the US.

Oil sands firms in Canada's Alberta province are slowly restarting production after a massive wildfire forced a week-long shut down.

Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination, US media project.

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump says the newly elected mayor of London would be an "exception" to his proposed ban on Muslims travelling to the US.

The Brazilian Senate vows to vote on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff despite a ruling that a vote in the lower house was flawed.

A 350-year-old French mystery has been unmasked: In his new book, Paul Sonnino, a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, claims he has uncovered the real identity of the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask, reports Live Science.