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Retired general James Mattis clears hurdle to US defence secretary job

Former general James Mattis looks set to be confirmed as Donald Trump's defence secretary after the Senate voted to grant him an exemption to...

Barack Obama urges all Americans to embrace ‘work of citizenship’

President Barack Obama has called on all Americans to throw themselves "into the work of citizenship". In the final radio and internet address of his...

Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans reaching US soil

Barack Obama is ending a long-standing immigration policy that allows any Cuban who reaches US soil to stay and become a legal resident. The US...

Dylann Roof sentenced to death for Charleston church killings

Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for killing nine black church members during Bible study in a racially motivated attack in South Carolina. He...

Hostages fine after suspect arrested near University of Alabama

Police in Tuscaloosa say a man was arrested after a hostage situation near the University of Alabama, and that all the hostages are reported...

Mexico says it will negotiate trade agreement and wall with Donald Trump ‘to dispel uncertainty’

Mexico's new foreign relations secretary says the country is not only willing to negotiate changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, it wants...

Donald Trump accused of nepotism as son-in-law lands senior adviser role

President-elect Donald Trump's influential son-in-law Jared Kushner will join him in the White House as a senior adviser, transition officials said on Monday. The appointment...

Nicola Sturgeon: I am not bluffing over second Scottish independence referendum

Nicola Sturgeon has insisted she is not bluffing about the prospect of a second Scottish independence referendum as she accused Theresa May of having...

‘The greatest honour of my life’: Michelle Obama gives final speech as First Lady

We’re creeping closer and closer to the end of an era: now, Michelle Obama has bid an early farewell to the White House in...

CIA claims: Putin ‘ordered campaign to influence US election’

Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a hidden campaign to influence America's presidential election in favour of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, US intelligence agencies...

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