China and US to push forward economic deal – despite tensions

Top negotiators from the US and China spoke on the phone Tuesday and agreed to "push forward" their phase one economic deal, amid soaring...

America erupts in protests as police shoot Jacob Blake

Police fired tear gas on Monday when protesters demanding racial justice and shouting, "Black lives matter" in the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin turned...

Republican convention praises Trump, dark warnings issued for the US in case of loss

US Republicans launched their national convention Monday with a full-throated endorsement of President Donald Trump's record and laid out a bleak vision of how...

Pompeo Middle East trip: diplomacy or bid for upcoming elections

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was accused Monday of using US foreign policy to support President Donald Trump's reelection bid after embarking on...

Republican convention: Trump claims Democrats plan to rig elections

President Donald Trump opened his bid for a second term after securing the Republican nomination Monday in typically combative, dark fashion with a claim...

After Pakistan, US follows suit, plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19 patients

American authorities announced on Sunday an emergency authorization for doctors to use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease...

Biden castigates Trump for ‘walking away’ as pandemic wreaked havoc in the US

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Sunday he blames Donald Trump for "walking away" as COVID-19 ravaged the country, in a televised interview alongside...

Trump’s Republican convention adds fuel to the most divisive US elections in history

Launching political grenades -- and real fireworks -- President Donald Trump's Republican party will use next week's convention to ignite its base ahead of...

Social media sites aiding US elections, bolstering defenses to anticipated Trump attacks

Social media giant Twitter on Friday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the...

US claims UNSC members have “failed” by not extending sanctions on Iran

The US accused China and allies Britain and France Friday of "abdicating their duty" as it held firm on its solitary push to maintain...

Republicans unite behind Trump as the Democratic convention wraps up

The Republican Party is to make its case next week for four more years of President Donald Trump after his Democratic opponent Joe Biden...

US sees a drop coronavirus cases but hurdles still present

New daily cases of the coronavirus have been dropping sharply in the US for weeks -- but experts don't know if Americans will have...