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US Congress returns to unfinished business and new era of Donald Trump

Even as final election results are still being tallied, the House and Senate leadership is pushing ahead toward a second-term Trump White House and what he's called a mandate for governing.

Donald Trump might get to launch Biden-approved factories, infra projects

The unemployment rate is low, inflation is easing and President Joe Biden's administration has teed-up a ready-made list of infrastructure projects that could go from theoretical to reality

EPL: Referee David Coote suspended over alleged anti-Liverpool remarks

An English Premier League referee has been suspended after a video on social media appeared to show him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

N Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia stating mutual military aid

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty will take effect when both sides exchange documents on the ratification, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said

Haiti shuts main airport as gang violence escalates; new PM sworn in

The Spirit Airlines flight headed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-Au-Prince was just hundreds of feet from landing in Haiti's capital when gangs shot at the plane striking a flight attendant

Trump likely to name a loyalist as Pentagon chief after tumultuous 1st term

While he has yet to announce a decision, the names of potential Pentagon chiefs stretch from the well-known

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

Thunberg described Azerbaijan as a repressive, occupying state, which has committed ethnic cleansing, and which is continuing cracking down on Azerbaijani civil society

Netherlands follows Germany, others in enforcing extra border checks

It is the latest move by the country's hard-right government aimed at reining in immigration

Four charged in Detroit street shooting that killed 2 people, injured 5

Officers responding to complaints about a large gathering along a street on the city's west side saw shots being fired

New York eyes reviving congestion pricing toll before Trump takes office

Now, Hochul has less than two months to salvage the scheme before the Republican president-elect, whose Trump Tower is within the toll zone, takes office for another four years

Biden, Kamala Harris appear together for first time since she lost election

Biden honoured the service and sacrifice of America's military veterans, including those who paid the ultimate price

Biden's WH invitation to Trump continues a tradition Trump shunned in 2020

Trump even left Washington before the Jan. 20, 2021, inauguration, becoming the first president to do so since Andrew Johnson skipped the 1869 swearing-in of Ulysses S. Grant

California Guv Newsom heads to DC to safeguard state policies from Trump

The Democratic governor is leaving for Washington on Monday and will return home Wednesday

Protesters blame rampant corruption for roof crash that killed 14 in Serbia

The several thousand protesters demanded that Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and his government step down and that those responsible for the collapse be arrested

Here are people Trump has picked for key White House positions so far

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides

Afghanistan attends UN climate talks for first time since Taliban's return

In March this year, northern Afghanistan was hit by heavy rains resulting in flash floods, killing over 300 people.

Israel begins construction along UN-patrolled demilitarised zone in Syria

The work, which earlier satellite photos show began in earnest in late September, follows the completion by the Israeli military of new roadways

Japan's reelected PM Ishiba vows to step up reform against funds misuse

Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito together lost a majority in the 465-seat Lower House, the more powerful of Japan's two-house parliament, in the October 27 election

COP29: United Nations calls for urgent climate action, financial commitment

This year, the world is on pace for 1.5 degrees of warming and is heading to become the hottest year in human civilisation.

Pakistan suspends train services in southwest after train station bombing

The train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons, according to a statement from Pakistan Railways