HENDERSON, Nevada — President Barack Obama is dismissing criticism that he overstepped his authority by acting unilaterally to shield millions of immigrants from the threat of...
BEIRUT — Teenagers carrying weapons stand at checkpoints and busy intersections in Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul. Patched onto the left arms of their black uniforms are...
BUFFALO, NEW YORK — Buffalo is making significant progress clearing streets still clogged from an epic storm left more than 7 feet of snow even as a...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s expansive executive action on immigration is good for the U.S. economy – just not as good as partnering with Congress on...
TOKYO — The damage from an overnight earthquake in a mountainous area of central Japan that hosted the 1998 winter Olympics proved more extensive than initially...
JOHANNESBURG — A plague outbreak has killed 40 people on the island nation of Madagascar, with 119 people diagnosed with the bacterial disease since August. Two...
TORONTO — The Toronto stock market could be in for a seventh-straight week of gains as investors take comfort from moves by the Chinese government to...
WASHINGTON—Tensions between the U.S. and China have deepened during the rule of China’s president, Xi Jinping, and the risk of an inadvertent military clash in the...
ISTANBUL, Turkey—U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden on Saturday called on Europe to continue diversifying its energy supplies to reduce dependence on Russia, which he said should not...
BEIJING—China’s defence minister said Friday he wants to enhance dialogue to manage disputes with his country’s neighbours, sounding a conciliatory note after years of sharpened confrontations...