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President Donald Trump says his halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations and ban on refugees is being done in the name of national security. But it's not clear the measures will help prevent attacks on American soil, and they could wind up e...

A boat carrying 31 persons aboard has lost contact with the authorities in Malaysia, an official said on Sunday.

An early-morning fire today gutted a Texas mosque that had been a target of hate in the past. Firefighters and several engines were dispatched to the burning building in South Texas, Victoria, immediately after a convenience store clerk spotted smoke and...

A Chinese military official has said that war with the US is a practical reality, signalling Beijing's preparedness for a possible military conflict with Washington.

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pledged on Friday to overhaul the world body and warned U.S. allies that if they do not support Washington, then she is "taking names" and will respond.

If one believes the back-of-the-envelope estimates by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump's border wall is going to cost between $12 billion and $15 billion.

Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu lawmaker in the US Congress who met with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, has said that there is no possibility for a "viable" peace agreement in the war-torn country unless he is part of the co...

US President Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American attorney Uttam Dhillon to a key White House position on ethics and compliance matters.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, say congressional aide...

The Trump administration has instituted a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or grants, part of a broader communications clampdown within the executive branch.

Authorities in Cameroon say a helicopter fighting the Boko Haram insurgency has crashed on the border with Nigeria, killing six people including the commander of this central African nation's troops.

An Israeli minister said on Monday the Palestinians had no way to block incoming US President Donald Trump from moving his country's embassy to Jerusalem.

"They have sanctions on Russia -- let's see if we can make some good deals with Russia. I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that's part of it," Trump said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed as "futile" an international conference in Paris seeking to revive the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Sikhs in America are now planning to join the US Army in large numbers after it issues a new regulation on religious liberty to accommodate people who sport turbans and beards for religious reasons.

Five Malian soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine in the centre of the country.