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Latest N.Korean missile test reveal improved technology: Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the launch and watched from an observation post , state media reported Monday. The North Korean Foreign Ministry ...

Lawmakers: Trump should make good on campaign pledge on Jerusalem

Abbas, whose popularity among Palestinians has been declining. He said both sides are ready to resume talks. Abbas's Fatah party is at sharp odds with the Ham...

Kansas lawmakers vote to increase school funding

Taylor has said he would not agree on a version of the bill without the "private school choice" program. Congressional estimates show that the tax cuts in t...

USA boosting Israeli military aid by millions: Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump today said that he is committed "to do everything" to achieve Israel-Palestinian peace deal but made it clear that "peace can not ta...

Trump v Macron: French president appears to win latest handshake battle Featured

Trump appears to push aside Montenegro PM at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation photocallTrump's distinctive handshake has been the source of much mirth on the ...

'Beheaded' police chief safe amid clashes in besieged Philippines city

Enriquez said the former chief was fatally shot in a clash with the extremists on Tuesday outside a Marawi hospital after violence took hold on when the reb...

America first? Trump pushes aside Montenegro Prime Minster Markovic during NATO photocall

There was the inauguration ceremony for the massive new North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters building. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg ...

Kansas House to debate school funding proposal

Staff members of several senators will begin writing the Senate's version of the GOP's healthcare bill next week, one lawmaker said . "Doing nothing is not a...

Kushner Under FBI Scrutiny in Russia Probe

Mr Kushner, a key White House adviser, had meetings with Moscow's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak , and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov. The Washington Pos...

US rules out easing sanctions on Russia

On the UK's exit from the EU, Brexit , the United States expressed its concern about the possible job-easing in its territory, even though Donald Trump was p...

Philippines deploys helicopters in bid to retake southern city

Lt Col Herrera said two civilians were killed inside a hospital that the gunmen were occupying on Tuesday, and that the military was investigating reports o...

Fifth Suspect In Bombing Arrested Near Manchester

Manchester police have arrested six men in connection with the attack, including the brother of Salman Abedi. British police have been tight-lipped, and have...

G.O.P. Candidate Cruises to Victory After Allegedly Assaulting Reporter

Republican Greg Gianforte has won the special election for Montana's open US House seat, CNN projects, defeating Democrat Rob Quist and capping off a wh...

Watch the results come in for Montana's wild Congressional election

Gianforte, who has tried to align himself with Trump, defended himself as the criminal charge was announced Wednesday, saying the reporter was being aggressive ...

Philippine military seeks to secure troubled city as fighting eases

Thousands of people were fleeing the city Thursday, jamming their belongings into cars. "Perhaps the fact that Duterte and much of his cabinet officials i...

Manchester Terrorists Are 'Evil Losers In Life'

Obama's term. "Palestinians are ready to reach for peace", Trump said . During their White House talks, Mr Trump praised his counterpart, and said he l...

United Kingdom police hunt Manchester bomber's network, angered by U.S. leaks

In Manchester's St. Ann's Square, where a sea of floral tributes grew by the hour, a crowd sang the hometown band Oasis' song "Don't Look Back in Anger". Mean...

Donald Trump appears to shove Montenegro leader aside during NATO summit

He said the allies would also meet Tusk's demands to share more of the security burden and reaffirm a commitment to spend two percent of annual GDP on defence. ...

Russians Discussed Ways to Use Advisers to Influence Trump

Former CIA director John Brennan said Tuesday he became increasingly concerned last summer over contacts between Donald Trump's campaign officials and Moscow,...

Predators look to close out Ducks on home ice

Goalkeeper Pekka Rinne saved 27 of the 29 shots he faced. Should Nashville win, it will advance to the Stanley Cup Final to meet either the Pittsburgh ...

Trump son-in-law Kushner under Federal Bureau of Investigation scrutiny in Russian Federation probe: media reports

The U.S. officials told NBC News that Kushner is in a different category than Flynn and former Trump aide Paul Manafort , who are formally considered subje...

Sen. Heller Distances Himself From Trump Budget Plan

The House passed a bill that put more dollars into nearly every district, made needed changes to our funding formulas, and kept more local dollars in local ...

Trump budget plan attacked over accounting maths

He seeks to balance the budget within 10 years. White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney has said that plans to slash social programmes are created to inc...

TPP Countries to Keep Trade Deal Alive, Despite US Rejection

Mr Trump's newly-appointed trade chief Robert Lighthizer poured cold water on the prospect of a United States return to the TPP, saying Washington "pulled out...

Former Greek prime minister injured after vehicle bombing in Athens

Some reports say these two other people were two banking officials who were also in the auto, but their condition is not known. Lucas Papademos served as ca...

Medicaid expansion, reversed by House, is back on table in Senate

However, the House bill does not require states to set up an alternate source of coverage for people who face higher premiums based on their health. Those 1,500...

Here's what the Supreme Court might look at — Travel ban case

Appeals court documents say the administration has 90 days to file an appeal. To put the ban in motion, the Justice Department would also have had to win at the...

President Trump and Melania Trump are bad at holding hands

Of course, it could simply be that windy conditions resulted in Mrs Trump's deft hair fixing, but recent events have suggested the First Lady may be intention...

Trump budget chief: Medicaid cuts won't affect anyone now on program

The proposed cuts to food stamp cuts would hurt millions who now depend on it and cuts to Medicaid could deny nursing home care to millions of elderly poor p...

High Possibility of War with North Korea, Warns New South Korean President

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has justified its latest long, medium-range ballistic missile test-firing as "routine work to raise nuclear cap...

Jerusalem still suffers from divisions, 50 years after war

Let us be clear, even a peace treaty, not to mention actual peace, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel is not in the cards-not now and not in the fores...

Trump leaves Israel with no sign peace talks in the works

Abbas announced he is ready to be Trump's partner in securing peace in the Middle East through establishment of a Palestinian state on land captured by Israel ...

Trump's Saudi summit was 'show with no value', says Iran's Rouhani

On Monday, Rouhani , however, said that Iran will continue to test its missiles anytime if there is a "technical need", and it will not seek the permission of ...

Iraqi forces release videos countering claims of abuse

Matthew Isler, who was part of the investigation, told reporters during a briefing Thursday. According to eyewitness accounts and intelligence reports, ISIS ...

Melania Trump Is A Practicing Catholic, White House Confirms

Just a few days into Trump's first nine-day tour overseas as president, there have been plenty of awkward situations already, including an awkward hand-swatti...