North Korea says it has carried out its fifth successful nuclear test - reportedly its biggest yet - with the US warning of "serious consequences".

A New Jersey Transit train has crashed into a platform in Hoboken during Thursday morning's rush-hour commute.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end Latin America's longest-running armed conflict, an honor that came just five days after voters dealt him a stunning blow by rejecting…

NEW YORK (AP) — Caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married woman he tried to seduce, Donald Trump declared in a midnight video, "I was wrong and I apologize." Yet even as he did so, he claimed the…

Federal officials tell NBC News emails referred to by FBI Director Comey's letter to Congress were part of an investigation into Anthony Weiner.

Another major earthquake struck central Italy early Sunday, with tremors in Rome described as stronger than last week's temblor.

The Chicago Cubs won the World Series on Wednesday night. Game 7 – and the 112th World Series – will go down among the best ever. The Cubs beat the Indians, 8-7, in the 10th inning of a gave-you-everything Game 7.

FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn't changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails.

In a forceful rebuke of the American political establishment, Donald J. Trump on Tuesday was elected the 45th president of the United States. Trump, a businessman and celebrity who has never held elected office, scored stunning upsets in virtually every battleground…

Demonstrators spurred by the chant 'Not my president!' gathered by the thousands in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and elsewhere.

Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, dies aged 90, prompting both condolences and cheers.

Nine people were injured when a man ran into pedestrians with his car on the Ohio State University campus, then exited the vehicle with a butcher knife and started cutting victims. Less than a minute after the attack, an OSU police officer fatally shot the…

A charter aircraft carrying 81 people including members of Brazil’s Chapecoense football team has crashed en route to Medellin airport

Mr. Glenn was a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, then became a national political figure representing Ohio in the Senate.

The envoy, Andrey G. Karlov, was attacked from behind while speaking at an art exhibition. The gunman was killed by Turkish police, witnesses said.

A lorry ploughs into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people.

Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian, was sought in connection with truck attack that killed 12 people at a Christmas market on Monday.

The Russian plane carrying dozens of members of a famed military band crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria soon after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi.