Americas

Hurricane Ernesto churned towards Bermuda on Friday as a powerful Category 2 storm likely to produce a foot (30 cm) of rainfall over the weekend and trigger life-threatening flooding and storm surges ...

Kamala Harris outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban “price gouging” by grocers and boost affordable housing on Friday in her first major economy-focused speech as the Democratic ...

A 33-year-old dual Russian and German national Artur Petrov appeared in court in New York for the first time on Friday after being extradited to the United States from Cyprus, ...

By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in a packed arena in Arizona on Friday, hoping to put Republican candidate Donald Trump on the back ...

A regional turboprop plane carrying 62 people crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, killing all on board, local officials near the crash site said. Video shared on social media ...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Kamala Harris will debateon Sept. 10 on ABC, setting up the first face-to-face match-up between the rivals in what polls show ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided to expel Nicaragua’s ambassador in Brasilia in retaliation following a similar move by Daniel Ortega’s government, a source told ...

Summers in New York City are difficult for Anthony Gay and his family. A small, portable air conditioner in his bedroom is the only relief they have from soaring temperatures ...

U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, the U....

The interest rate for the most popular US home loan plunged last week to its lowest level in 15 months, after the Federal Reserve signaled it could start cutting its policy ...

The head of Venezuela’s Supreme Court said Edmundo Gonzalez, who insists he beat President Nicolas Maduro in the country’s July 28 election, was in contempt of court after refusing ...

A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a US politician or government officials, the ...

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday after conducting interviews with top contenders at her Washington, D.C., residence over the weekend, two sources ...

Tropical storm Debby formed late Saturday and was expected to surge up into a hurricane before it slams into Florida’s northern Gulf Coast shoreline on Monday, the National Hurricane ...

The U.S. Secret Service’s acting director said that local police in Pennsylvania warned that there was a man with a gun on a roof before the July 13 attempted ...

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to an offer from Fox News to hold a debate with Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 4, he ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two accomplices, ...

Kamala Harris on Friday secured the delegate votes needed to clinch the Democratic US presidential nomination and become the first woman of color at the top of a major party ...

The man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices, held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have agreed to ...

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 ...