Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce misconduct charges on Monday that could lead to a second impeachment of President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter sa...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal and develop more sophisticated atomic weapons systems, saying the fate of relations with the United States depends on whether i...

A West Virginia state lawmaker and a man pictured sitting at U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk are among those facing federal charges stemming from the siege on the U.S. Capito...

Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion US for Powell's "wild accusations" that the company rigged the presidential ele...

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden will release most available COVID-19 vaccine doses to speed delivery to more people, a reversal of the Trump administration policy, his office says

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a l...

Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service...

Family and friends of victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 describe their legacies, and how cherished memories continue to be held close.

U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and bus...

World Health Organization experts on Friday issued recommendations that the interval between administration of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus can be extended to up to...

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, characterizing every day of the Donald Trump presidency as a potential "horror show," called on Vice-President Mike Pence to act to remove Trump from office with...

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden called the violent group that stormed the U.S. Capitol "domestic terrorists," laying the blame for the violence squarely at President Donald Trump's feet, as he announce...

A convicted firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from an Indonesian prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic m...

Three days before the riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon asked the Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. Then during the chaos Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out t...

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he "can't be certain" the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of the surging pandemic in Japan and elsewh...

Major social media and e-commerce companies moved to further control outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to post on their platforms Thursday after his followers stormed the Capitol building...

U.S. President Donald Trump's role in inciting violence at the Capitol and his refusal to acknowledge his election defeat is prompting some lawmakers to urge his removal from office through the 25th A...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk passed Jeff Bezos on Bloomberg's billionaires' list to become the world's richest person on Thursday, a title the Amazon founder has held since October 2017.

The chaotic breach of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on Wednesday was met with swift condemnation by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, with some observers blaming the presiden...

The U.S. Capitol, which was overrun by violent supporters of President Donald Trump Wednesday, has been the site of several bombings and a mass shooting over the years.