Frigid temperatures across a large US area complicated efforts Tuesday at restoring power and clearing roads after a major winter storm plowed through the central plains to the Atlantic coast.

The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic -- particularly ahead of Donald Trump's ...

Former Mauritius finance minister Renganaden Padayachy has been banned from leaving the country over a case of alleged embezzlement, media reported Tuesday.

Creative Planning has completed the acquisition of a $1.3 billion registered investment advisor firm, marking its tenth ...

Crude futures resume their recent rally, settling at their highest level since October with support from winter weather driving demand for heating fuels. Focus will turn to tomorrow's EIA inventory ...

The stock market’s slide picked up heading into the close. The Dow was down 200 points, or 0.5%, with less than an hour to go in the trading day. The S&P 500 was down 1.1%. The Nasdaq Composite was ...

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had "committed genocide" and imposed sanctions on the paramilitary group's leader.

The body of late US president Jimmy Carter was flown to Washington on Tuesday where it will lie in state at the US Capitol ...

Lebanon's prime minister is to visit Damascus "soon", the information minister said on Tuesday -- the first such visit since Islamist-led rebels seized power in Syria last month.

The Spanish fashion group Sociedad Textil Lonia (STL) announced Tuesday it had reached an agreement to buy France's Christian Lacroix label, hoping to return the once-mighty brand to its former glory.

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed.

The United States announced sanctions against the head of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in corruption.