America

Houston: At least nine people have been killed and some 1,150 residences damaged by floods in Houston this week that caused high water to spill on to roads...

New York: Jennifer Aniston was named People magazine's most beautiful woman of 2016 on Wednesday, 12 years after she first won the honour. Aniston, 47,...

Pedernales (Ecuador): A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Ecuador's coast early on Wednesday, terrifying locals and impeding rescuers after a bigger...

Havana: Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro emerged from seclusion on Tuesday to muse about death and provide encouragement to his followers, in a rare speech...

New York: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored sweeping victories in nominating contests in their home state of New York, and...

New York: A 9.54-carat rare blue diamond ring once belonging to the late Shirley Temple, one of Hollywood's most famous child actors, failed to sell at...

New York: A former New York City police officer avoided prison on Tuesday for the killing of an unarmed black man in an unlit stairwell, two months after a...

Brasilia: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday she has been singled out for impeachment partly because she is a woman in a drive that is...

Houston: Scores of schools were closed and cleanup was underway in Houston on Tuesday, a day after record rains hits the fourth most populous US city,...

Pedernales/Canoa: Rescuers in Ecuador were losing hope of finding more survivors on Tuesday from an earthquake which killed more than 400 people and dealt a...