Cities in America and western Europe are being eyed as Islamic State (IS) militants’ future targets and President Barack Obama needs to take action, two top politicians have warned.

Jessie J has revealed she is leaving Britain because of speculation about her love life.

Star Wars creator George Lucas has picked Chicago to host his much-anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia, in a major victory for the US' third-largest city.

The smallest town in the US has been sold for $900,000.

British actor David Harewood has criticised the lack of opportunities for young black actors in the UK and has advised them to consider heading to the US.

The president of ratings agency Standard & Poor's is stepping down just weeks after the credit rating agency cut the US' top 'AAA' rating and sent global markets into turmoil.

A missing Iranian nuclear scientist has surfaced at a Pakistani embassy in the US, apparently asking to return home.

A raid by US forces has killed six civilians in eastern Afghanistan, including two children and a woman, an Afghan official said today.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares lost 3.69% (308.82 points) in value today, sharing dramatic falls with most world markets after jitters in the US affected trading worldwide.

Al Qaida is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the US and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike, according to a new intelligence assessment.

Start-up airline Virgin America expects to begin flying next month after US regulators gave the final approvals needed for take-off.

George Michael believes he hasn't been taken seriously in the US since his 1998 arrest for lewd conduct.

Just days before he was set to be sentenced, a former Enron executive’s fraud and conspiracy convictions have been overturned by a federal judge.

After more than a year of self-imposed exile, pop icon Michael Jackson is back in the United States and is planning a trip soon to Japan, one of his “favourite places in the entire world,” Jackson and his spokeswoman said today.

China’s number of internet users could surpass the US' as the world’s largest within two years, after expanding by 23.4% last year to 137 million people, the government and news reports said today.

A British baggage-handling company today said an internal investigation was under way after five of its US employees were arrested over the alleged theft of more than 150 pieces of luggage.

Set to become the US' first female speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are "ready to lead" in partnership with Republicans, "not in partisanship".

Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling has asked a judge to overturn his guilty verdict based on an August decision that reversed four other Enron-related convictions.

The US' prisons are becoming major breeding grounds for Islamic terrorists, but states and local authorities are too cash-strapped to prevent or monitor recruiting, a new report says today.

The US Board of Immigration Appeals has ruled that Sean Kelly (known as Sean O'Cealleagh), convicted of aiding in the 1988 killings of two British soldiers in the North, can be deported.

Elton John's TV sitcom failed because its plot was too outrageous for US audiences, according to its star Kim Cattrall.

A US man convicted of beating his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter to death in 1997 is set to be executed by lethal injection in Houston, Texas, tomorrow night.

Wall Street had a surge of optimism today, sending stocks higher after investors interpreted a Federal Reserve report on the economy as a sign that the Fed’s year-long string of interest rate hikes may be nearing an end.

A prominent British Muslim leader said today he was refused entry to the United States with no explanation.

Al-Qaida is moving ahead with plans for a “spectacular” attack in the United States in the coming months, intelligence sources were reported as saying today.

Pop hunks 'N Sync performed for the first time in 18 months in South Beach, Florida, at the weekend at their annual Challenge For The Children basketball all-star tournament.

A wind-driven fire grew to more than 15,000 acres today, forcing more than 1,000 people to flee an area near California’s Sequoia National Park and threatening towering trees along the Trail of 100 Giants.

Shares in technology companies traded lower midsession, as investors continued to take their cue from the recent slew of negative news hitting the sector and as buyers widely continued to remain elusive, dealers said.

The British man accused of trying to blow up a plane with an explosive device hidden in his shoes should be prosecuted under the United States’ new anti-terrorism law, federal prosecutors have said in court documents.

Kylie Minogue says she's not sure whether she has the energy to break the US market.