Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his close ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and said their countries are partners in trade and international affairs as they opened bilateral talks Wednesday on his trip to Beijing.

As U.S. President Donald Trump appears poised to announce criminal charges against 94-year-old former Cuban president Raul Castro, analysts say it's likely a symbolic move designed to increase psychological pressure on the small island nation. They d...

Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday in another test of U.S. President Donald Trump's power over his party after he handpicked challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein to oust the incumbent.

The head of Oceanwide Expeditions says the information gathered to date about a deadly cluster of hantavirus cases "strongly" suggests the outbreak that hit his company's cruise ship did not originate on the vessel itself.

The teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque met online and shared a "broad hatred" toward different religions and races, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Israeli forces opened fire on at least two vessels in an aid flotilla sailing towards Gaza on Tuesday, according to video footage and flotilla organizers. But Israel said no live ammunition was used and there were no casualties.

Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise that set sail last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia on Tuesday, with the aim of detecting the possible...

U.S. President Donald Trump is yet again aiming to show he has an iron grip on the Republican Party, pushing to oust the Republican congressman who stood up to him on the Epstein files.

The company says it stopped the dissolution plan after consultations with its advisers, stakeholders and relevant governmental authorities, reversing a decision it announced last week as the U.S. expands sanctions on the country.

U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said he thinks Iran 'wants' to make a deal with the U.S., but he would not say 'with confidence' that the two sides would come to a deal until a negotiated settlement is being signed.

While Canada is monitoring a severe Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, the federal health authority says it is not implementing a travel ban or actively testing travellers.

Three female contestants from the matchmaking reality show Married at First Sight UK have come forward with allegations that they were sexually assaulted by their on-screen partners.

Government funding cutbacks and a distrust in public health authorities means the world is not ready for the next pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).

A Jackson Pollock artwork highlighting the artist's famed painted swoops, swirls, pours and drizzles soared to an eye-popping sales record at a New York auction Monday evening, fetching $181.2 million US.

Todd Blanche, acting attorney general in Donald Trump's administration, defended Justice Department plans to create a $1.8 billion US fund that could pay allies of the Republican president who believe they were targeted politically.

The vehicles will draw on partnerships to keep costs down and speed up development, according to the international automaker.

At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as the World Health Organization's head expressed concern over the "scale and speed of the e...

Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday said he is pulling out of the grass-court Grand Slam event next month because of his lingering wrist injury.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because "serious negotiations" are underway. Trump's announcement in a social media post Monday came as he had threatened the clock was ticking for Ir...

Authorities say two teenage suspects opened fire at an Islamic center in San Diego on Monday, killing three men before killing themselves. The case is being investigated as a hate crime, police say.