Outgoing Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said Wednesday that his government had not agreed to receive Mexicans who sought asylum in the U.S. Morales, whose presidency ends next week, said he had…
Investors are closely watching the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. Oil prices have fluctuated since the targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani, but overall are holding…
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States would immediately impose “punishing” additional sanctions on Iran, a day after Iran fired missiles on two Iraqi bases with…
A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious” was sentenced…
Wearable devices no longer just count your steps, companies have now developed wearables that can do much, much more. …
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico early Tuesday, causing power outages and structural damage. At least one person has been killed in a series of quakes that hit the island…
Charlie Hebdo‘s editor hasn’t gone out by himself since Jan. 7, 2015. The widow of one of the satirical newspaper’s cartoonists can’t bear to pull down a note her husband…
The 2020 Consumer Electronic Show kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas. People flock to CES to see the latest technologies from big and small companies – robotics, drones, artificial intelligence,…
The Lima Group regional bloc said on Monday it backed the re-election of opposition leader Juan Guaido as head of Venezuela’s Congress after Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government forced a separate…
Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he would testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial if the Senate subpoenas him, potentially giving Democrats key behind-the-scenes testimony about…
Five people were killed and about 60 were injured on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday morning, when a loaded bus went out of control on a hill and rolled over,…
The Golden Globes are famously unpredictable, but a few sure things seem to be in store for Sunday’s awards: Streaming services will play a starring role; five-time host Ricky Gervais…
The al-Shabab extremist group says it attacked a military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya. Kenya’s military says the attempted pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at…
The body of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, arrived Sunday in Iran to throngs of mourners, as President Donald Trump threatened to bomb 52…
China replaced its top official in Hong Kong on Saturday, state media said, as anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory enter their eighth month. Luo Huining, the former Communist Party…
Wildfires are burning out of control in southeastern Australia. Thousands of people have already fled their homes but some have waited too long. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service…
After Friday’s targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried out an assassination? And should news stories about the killing…
Mexico’s former top security official pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he accepted a fortune in drug-money bribes from kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s notorious Sinaloa cartel to let it…
A lawyer says a prominent South Sudan activist and economist has not been freed from prison despite being pardoned in a presidential decree. Ajak Mayol Bior said Friday that the…
Armed assailants on Friday killed 19 people in a nighttime raid on a rural community in central Nigeria, police said. The gunmen torched houses and other buildings after launching the…
For decades, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana have lived in a state of neitherness — neither completely Native American nor non-Native American. But last month, its…
Illinois, the largest Midwestern state in the U.S., is beginning 2020 with the implementation of a new law that allows people to legally buy marijuana for recreational use. The Cannabis…
Newly passed legislation will push the U.S. State Department to disclose how it polices the sale of cyber tools and services abroad. The move followed a Reuters investigation which revealed that…
A motion sanctioning the deployment of armed forces to Libya easily passed the Turkish Parliament on Thursday, but the specter of Turkish forces entering the Libyan civil war is triggering…
The United States consulate in Mexico’s border city of Nuevo Laredo issued a security alert Wednesday, warning of gun battles and urging government employees to take precautions. Gun battles have…
A factory caught fire and collapsed in the Indian capital Thursday, causing injuries to several people, including some fire officials. A fire official said three people were rescued from the…
Pope Francis wished for peace in the world at the start of the New Year. Thousands of people packed Saint Peter’s Square to hear his word on World Peace Day….
Taiwan parliament’s passage of a bill Tuesday banning infiltration by political rival China dealt a new blow to relations that have already sparked military threats and diplomatic tug-of-wars in the…
A financial tug-of-war is emerging over the $13.5 billion that the nation’s largest utility has agreed to pay to victims of recent California wildfires, as government agencies jockey for more…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promising, “We’re going to protect our families, we’re going to protect…