MOSCOW - A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dismissed as an “absolute fantasy” allegations that the Kremlin has collected compromising information about President-elect Donald Trump.
In an expansive and emotional farewell address in Chicago on Tuesday, President Barack Obama revisited the achievements and challenges of his eight years in office, outlined what he sees as the greatest threats to our democracy and both paid tribute to ...
Democrats don't have too many opportunities to set the agenda in Congress right now. They don't decide what bills are called for a vote, and, due to changes in Senate procedures, won't be able to block any of President-elect Trump's cabinet picks ...
Jay Y. Lee, the vice chairman of Samsung, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, last month. The special prosecutor's office recommended that he be investigated on suspicion of perjury.
Russia poses a danger to the U.S. and must be held accountable for its actions, Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp.
BEIJING - China said Wednesday it was committed to promoting peace and stability in Asia, even as it sent an aircraft carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.
Leon Neal—Getty Images Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness arrives ahead of a meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and the leaders of the three devolved governments at 10 Downing Street, Oct. 24, 2016 in London.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government agencies to ensure free access to contraceptives for 6 million women who cannot obtain them, officials said Wednesday, in a move expected to be opposed by the ...
(CNN)The news of the sudden passing of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has utterly shocked Iranians of all walks of life. After the success of the Iranian revolution in 1979 and the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to the country, Rafsanjani ...
(CNN) Two thirds of police officers think the high-profile fatal encounters between law enforcement and African Americans are isolated incidents and the protests that followed stem from an anti-police bias, a new survey has found.
Mr. Roof at times represented himself and showed no remorse in court. The death-penalty decision was reached in three hours. By NEETI UPADHYE and ELSA BUTLER on Publish Date January 10, 2017.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Authorities in Florida say a mother and her 9-year-old daughter have been found dead after a murder-suicide in Fort Lauderdale.
Two people have died after they were stabbed Tuesday afternoon inside the Westfield Wheaton mall in Montgomery County, Maryland. (Published 52 minutes ago).
Airbus Chief Executive Officer Fabrice Bregier (L) and Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customers John Leahy (R) attend the annual Airbus Commercial Press Briefing in Blagnac, Southwestern France, January 11, 2017.
A Singapore court Wednesday sentenced a former branch manager of Switzerland's Falcon Private Bank AG to prison for crimes connected to the alleged multibillion-dollar misappropriation at Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB.
The price of bitcoin fell by around 10 percent after Chinese authorities announced plans to inspect bitcoin enterprises. The People's Bank of China published an announcement this morning that it will carry out site inspections on January 17 to check ...
Samsung's much-anticipated folding smartphone, the Galaxy X1, will very likely launch in the second half of this year if the latest rumor coming out of China is anything to go by.
A couple days ago Sonny Dickson shared a look at one of two early prototypes for the original iPhone, the iPod Click Wheel-based OS that iPod "Godfather" Tony Fadell was working on.
Chris Lattner isn't a familiar name to most people who follow Apple news, but he's definitely an Apple star - or he was an Apple star, as he announced on Tuesday that he's leaving the company to pursue a different opportunity.
Microsoft on Tuesday promised that it will dial back diagnostic data collection from Windows 10 devices when users select the "Basic" setting for the controversial harvesting.
The Coen brothers are to make their first television series, which will be called The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Variety reports that Joel and Ethan Coen will write and direct the show, which will be set in the Old West.
John Oliver and Meryl Streep bashed Donald Trump and praised journalism. Donations soared for two nonprofits praised by them: ProPublica and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Baylor's euphoria over its ascent to the No. 1 ranking lasted just one day. Nathan Adrian broke out of a shooting slump with a career-high 22 points, and No.
Heavyweight contender Mark Hunt is taking his employers at the UFC to court after filing a civil suit against the mixed martial arts organization, former champion Brock Lesnar and UFC president Dana White.
HOUSTON - Forget slowing down James Harden. Right now, his opponents can't even put his play into words. Harden had 40 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his second straight triple-double and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Charlotte Hornets ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he met with President-elect Donald J. Trump. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times.
Alpha Centauri A and B orbit one another 4.3 light-years from Earth. To directly image planets orbiting either of the stars, researchers must cancel out the overwhelming light from both of the stars.
A new theory has proposed that Moon, in its present shape, was formed by the amalgamation of many small moonlets that emerged from the debris ejected when Earth was hit by giant asteroids multiple times.
A previously undetected asteroid that could rival the size of a mid-sized Boston office building passed by Earth this week in a close shave that brought the object within half the distance of the moon.
Low-level hackers can play with your heart. Literally. Pacemakers, defibrillators and other devices manufactured by St. Jude Medical, a medical device company based in Minnesota, could have put patients' lives at risk, the US Food & Drug Administration ...
Men who regularly eat red meat have a higher risk of developing an inflammatory bowel condition called diverticulitis than men who don't have much red meat in their diet, a new study finds.
(Reuters) - Merck & Co has pulled ahead of rivals in the race to combine immunotherapy with other drugs as a treatment for lung cancer, potentially giving it a major lift in the battle for the largest cancer market.
