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Six weeks from taking office, Donald Trump says he wants the government to cut some costs by cancelling its order for a new Air Force One, the plane that carries presidents around the globe.

The bill is schedule for a vote in the Senate next week. Since it is a consensus bill, it is unlikely to face any opposition.

US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's popular lead over President-elect Donald Trump surpassed 2.5 million votes as ballots are still being tallied after more than three weeks since the November 8 election.

A shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Peru on Thursday close to Lake Titicaca, damaging homes and downing some communication lines in a remote Andean province.

Mexico's central bank chief Agustin Carstens resigned on Thursday, officials said, sending the peso on its latest plunge since Donald Trump's victory in last month's US presidential election.

After five decades of war, more than four years of negotiations and two signing ceremonies, Colombia's congress late Wednesday formally ratified a peace agreement allowing leftist rebels to enter politics.

Palin was an early Trump supporter and the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in 2008.

Syria's Foreign Ministry lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the remarks he recently made against the Syrian government, branding the Turkish leader as "tyrant."

At least 10,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks, fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she will resign her office once parliament develops a plan for a safe transfer of power. The surprise announcement, which the opposition called a ploy to delay impeachment, comes amid prosecution clai...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend the funeral of Fidel Castro, his office said on Monday, days after Trudeau's warm comments about the late Cuban leader sparked a backlash.

Ohio State University was on lockdown on Monday amid reports an active shooter was at large on the campus in Columbus, with students told to run or take shelter, emergency services said.

The Balochistan High Court on Monday issued a bailable arrest warrant against former Pakistani dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf in a case pertaining to the alleged murder of former Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation in 2...

Francois Fillon won France's first-ever conservative presidential primary Sunday after promising drastic free-market reforms and a crackdown on immigration and Islamic extremism, beating a more moderate rival who had warned of encroaching populism.

Pakistan's military said army chief designate General Qamar Javed Bajwa has 'zero presence' on social media and any accounts under his name are fake.

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, dearly addressed by all of us as Fidel passed away. The inevitable news reached us this morning and we immediately felt that a huge void has filled our life. A sad, somber mood and a kind of helplessness overtook us. It has be...