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Joe Biden has announced he is changing the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on death row in America to life imprisonment. The...

The suspect accused of shooting dead the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare has pleaded not guilty to 11 murder and terror charges. Prosecutors say Luigi...

Actor Amber Heard has said social media is where lie becomes truth after Blake Lively accused co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment. In a...

Warning: This story contains distressing images To find safety from Gaza, you need first to become the victim of a catastrophic injury and then...

Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was set on fire while on a subway train in New York. Detectives say the...

The driver of a pickup truck has been shot dead by police after crashing his vehicle into a shopping centre in Texas and injuring...

A US fighter jet has been shot down after it was mistakenly hit by an American missile cruiser over the Red Sea. Both pilots...

US president-elect Donald Trump says he has appointed British TV producer Mark Burnett as his special envoy to the UK. Mr Burnett, 64, created...

The co-manager for Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign has called Lord Mandelson an “absolute moron” – as the peer was officially announced as the...

The US government has narrowly avoided a crippling shutdown after politicians agreed on a last-minute spending deal. Failure to reach an agreement would have...

The co-manager for Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign has called Lord Mandelson an “absolute moron” – as the peer was officially announced as the...

The US says it has killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Yusif in Syria. US Central Command Forces (Centcom) said it carried out an...

US politicians have rejected a spending bill endorsed by president-elect Donald Trump – leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government...

Consider one view outside the George Washington University Hospital in Washington DC. “I think we need to paint a mural to Luigi, what do...

The post may be seen as glittering and the man as controversial and divisive but beyond those truths, the role of British ambassador to...

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, has arrived in New York where he faces new charges. The 26-year-old was flown...

President Joe Biden has set fresh climate targets for the United States before climate sceptic Donald Trump takes office in January. Today the outgoing...

A man who was in contact with a female student who opened fire at a private religious school in Wisconsin, killing two people before...

Five members of the same family, including a two-year-old girl, have been found dead at a home in the US state of Utah. A...