Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is planning to stop in Hawaii and maybe Guam on a visit to Taipei's diplomatic allies in the Pacific in the coming weeks, sources told Reuters, a sensitive trip coming ...

European powers are         pushing for a new resolution against Iran by the U.N. atomic         watchdog's board next week to pressure Tehran over its poor         cooperation, as the world awaits ...

Sebastian Coe "soft-launched" his bid to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, saying it was a role he feels he has been building towards his whole life and ...

Members of         President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a         list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include         the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources ...

Republican Donald         Trump's false claims about voter fraud in the critical         battleground of Pennsylvania have raised concerns he could again         try to overturn election results if he ...

Nigeria's human rights         commission said on Friday an investigation had found "no         evidence" that the Nigerian military deliberately attacked         women and children or carried out ...

Donald Trump reshaped the U.S. electorate once again this year, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees -- and winning more votes in nearly ...

Quincy Jones, the man known simply as         "Q" who worked with musicians ranging from Count Basie to Frank         Sinatra and reshaped pop music with his collaborations with         Michael ...

American efforts to halt         fighting between Israel and Hezbollah have failed after the U.S.         drafted an "unrealistic" ceasefire proposal and Israel's         insistence on being able to ...

The Shenzhou-18 crew consisting of three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely in the early morning on Monday, after completing a six-month space station mission. Shenzhou-18's return capsule, ...

A human rights group called on Thailand to fully investigate three soldiers for the "horrific" death of a Myanmar migrant on the border earlier this year, saying they had tortured and beaten the man.

President Xi Jinping is calling for more efforts to maintain China's fertility levels and population size, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, as the country grapples with the fallout of an a ...