Americas

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely suggested to the country’s largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris had previously downplayed ...

Stores were closed and buses not running around much of Venezuela on Wednesday, as tensions over a disputed presidential election and rumors of opposition arrests kept many people home. Socialist ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but opened the door to reducing borrowing costs as soon as its next meeting in September as inflation continues coming into ...

Despite a spike in tensions in the Middle East, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he did not currently expect Iran-backed militias to step up attacks against ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday the bloc could not recognise Venezuela’s election result until all votes were counted and records provided, amid international concerns ...

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday the country’s opposition has 73.2% of the voting tallies from Sunday’s election, allowing it to prove election results it says ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at a two-day policy meeting this week but open the door to interest rate cuts as soon as September by ...

The Biden administration said on Monday that electoral manipulation had stripped the announcement of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection victory of “any credibility,” and Washington left the door open ...

President Joe Biden on Monday proposed sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but a deeply ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez were each claiming victory in a presidential election on Monday morning, after a vote marked by accusations of underhand tactics ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they vote for him this November, “in four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have ...

Alleged Mexican kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges after he and a son of another prominent Mexican drug lord were arrested ...

Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire in the United States, which was rapidly expanding near the Oregon-Idaho ...

The Kremlin on Friday welcomed Donald Trump’s comments on Russia being “a war machine” that had defeated Napoleon and Hitler, but said it was not wearing rose-tinted spectacles when ...

Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed Kamala Harris’ bid for president on Friday in a roughly one-minute long video that captured a private phone call between the ...

A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50% of structures, and firefighters were trying to save as many buildings as possible, authorities ...

Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the son of his ex-partner, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested on Thursday in El Paso, Texas, in a major coup for ...

US existing home sales fell more than expected in June as the median house price set another record high, but improving supply and declining mortgage rates offered hope that activity ...

A new law could help Argentina regulate its booming cryptocurrency market as the country aims to reduce risks such as money-laundering associated with the digital assets, experts say. In the ...

The White House on Thursday expressed concern about the threat of violence in Venezuela’s election on Sunday and warned President Nicolas Maduro of the need to hold a fair ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held White House talks on Thursday on an elusive ceasefire to the 9-month-old Gaza war, with Vice President Kamala ...

Maru Mora-Villalpando had been living in the United States for 21 years when a letter arrived at her door with a deportation notice. It was 11 months into Donald Trump’s presidency, ...

President Joe Biden addressed the nation for the first time since dropping his reelection bid, saying he decided to forgo personal ambition to save democracy in a sedate Oval Office ...

Protesters demanding the U.S. stop military aid to Israel hoisted Palestinian flags and burnt American ones outside Washington’s Union Station in demonstrations against a visit on Wednesday by ...