Americas

A Republican spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives on Thursday, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could…

“I am strong and steady!” Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in an online post Friday with a video of him walking around unassisted after emergency surgery earlier…

Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of…

About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime.  On Thursday,…

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture rejected by the United States and Israel. The…

FBI Director Christopher Wray told bureau workers Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden‘s term in January, an announcement that came a week and…

Manhattan prosecutors renewed their opposition Tuesday to President-elect Donald Trump‘s efforts to quash his hush money conviction, but accepted pausing the case while he is president. Trump has long opposed…

The 26-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in Manhattan intends to fight his extradition to New York to face murder charges from Pennsylvania, where he was…

A ferocious fire tore through Malibu, California, on Tuesday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to evacuate one of the most sought-after areas in the United States. Multimillion-dollar properties, some owned…

An Argentina court has dismissed aggravated rape charges against French international rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, the pair’s lawyer said on Tuesday, drawing a line under a dark…