George H.W. Bush was the last person elected president of the United States with any prior foreign policy experience.

Widespread public shock followed the recent release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report that identified more than 1,000 child victims of clergy sexual abuse.

There appears to be a cease-fire in the trade war brewing between the U.S. and the European Union.

Trump administration officials have said there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea before a meeting of the two nations' leaders.

It is a sad day for golf when Tiger Woods is relegated to serving as an assistant captain at the Presidents Cup. Cart driver? Asking players if they like mayo or mustard on their sandwich? Say it ain’t so, Tiger. Say it ain’t so.

Latest: America is asking the UN to impose an oil embargo on North Korea following the secretive country's latest nuclear test.

North Korea's issued new warnings over nuclear weapons - telling the U.S to expect "more gift packages".

Whether visiting the Warhol Museum or going to a baseball game, you will never be short of something to do in Pittsburgh, says Michelle Darmody

Donald Trump's personal lawyer has rejected a request for documents as part of Congress's investigation into Russia's election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said allegations of Russian meddling in the US presidential election are "fiction" invented by Democrats to explain their loss.

US President Donald Trump has said he tried to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to pressure North Korea to stop its nuclear programme in exchange for a good trade deal with the US.

The United States has blamed Russia for an overnight attack on an aid convoy that killed 20 civilians, as the United Nations announced it was suspending overland deliveries in Syria, jeopardising food and medical security for millions of besieged and hard-to-reach civilians.

Donald Trump called yesterday for “extreme vetting” of immigrants seeking admission to the United States, vowing to block those who sympathize with extremist groups or don’t embrace American values.

The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a US court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her.

 

Pakistan is on track to become the world’s fifth largest nuclear power by 2025, according to a report released by a U.S. based independent research organization on Monday.

Laura Davies believes the controversy which marred the final day of the Solheim Cup contributed to Europe surrendering a four-point lead in Germany.

Canada will issue thousands of more visas to Syrian refugees before the end of this year by accelerating the processing of applications.

The United States Olympic Committee said Wednesday that if it makes a bid for the 2024 Summer Games, Los Angeles will carry the flag.

North Korea has hurled racial slurs at President Barack Obama as the communist state blamed the US for shutting down its internet amid the Sony hacking row.

Sony “made a mistake” in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea’s leader, US president Barack Obama said, and he pledged the US would respond “in a place and manner and time that we choose” to the hacking attack on Sony that led to the withdrawal.

The US military has airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani against Islamic State militants.

Lashing out at Russia, President Barack Obama has cast Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe.

Tiger Woods will not take part in next month’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles after withdrawing himself from consideration to be selected for the United States team.

America is deploying up to 275 troops to Iraq to protect the US embassy and other interests and is considering sending special forces soldiers as the country struggles to repel a rampant uprising.

Barack Obama has vowed that the United States will not be “dragged back” into military action in Iraq as long as leaders in Baghdad refuse to reform a political system that has left the county vulnerable to a fast-moving Islamic insurgency.

American aid is on the way, John Kerry promised crowds in Kiev as he visited sites where more than 80 anti-government protesters were killed last month.

President Barack Obama granted an audience to Tibet’s Dalai Lama yesterday over the strong objections from China that the US was meddling in its affairs.

Global markets have climbed after investors took the US Federal Reserve’s decision to trim its stimulus as a vote of confidence the American economy is strengthening.

South Africans have gathered to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela – and celebrate his colossal life.

Iranian and UN officials have held a “constructive” meeting on resuming a probe of allegations that Tehran has worked on atomic arms in talks seen as a test of pledges by Iran’s new president to reduce nuclear tensions.

President Barack Obama has welcomed an agreement to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile as an “important, concrete step” toward the ultimate goal of eliminating them but warned that the US remains prepared to act if the attempt at a diplomatic solution fails.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron said there is no chance of reaching an international consensus on Syria.

UN chemical weapons experts have visited a Damascus suburb for a new tour of areas struck by poison gas, as Western powers began laying the groundwork for a possible punitive strike.

The father of fugitive agent Edward Snowden has thanked Russia for granting him temporary asylum.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been charged with espionage and theft of government property.

Hillary Clinton said that she hopes the U.S. will have a female president in her lifetime.

China has denied fresh US claims it is sponsoring cyber-attacks and said the countries should cooperate against the global threat of computer crime.

North Korea has warned foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate, saying the two countries are on the verge of a nuclear war.

The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved its first treaty regulating the multi billion-pound international arms trade.

A ceasefire in Gaza is not expected to be announced tonight.

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