Politics

(AFP) - New Yorkers will pick a new mayor on Tuesday after an unpredictable race that has drawn attention from far beyond the largest city in the United States, with...

(AFP) - Approximately one in eight Americans receive food stamp benefits from the US government, a program at risk of losing its funding as of Saturday due to the government...

(AFP) - New Yorkers have a stark choice for their new mayor at the polls on Tuesday: a young leftist, a scandal-tainted former governor, and a Republican outsider. AFP looks...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to send the military into Nigeria with "guns-a-blazing" if Africa's most populous country does not stem what he described as the...

(AFP) - US Vice President JD Vance has defended saying that he hopes his wife Usha -- who was raised as a Hindu -- converts to Christianity. A fervent Catholic...

(AFP) - Canadian premier Mark Carney on Saturday called his talks with China's leader Xi Jinping a "turning point" in restoring their battered ties, adding he raised tricky topics with...

(AFP) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping met South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Saturday, after taking centre stage at an Asian summit in the wake of US leader Donald...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday banned reporters from accessing a core part of the White House press office without an appointment, citing the need to protect...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump appeared to issue a lifeline Friday for low-income Americans reliant on food aid, saying he does not want them to "go hungry" a day...

(AFP) - Knocking down the East Wing of the White House apparently wasn't enough for Donald Trump. The US president unveiled yet another makeover to the storied residence on Friday,...