With fighters from the M23 rebel movement appearing poised to enter the city of Goma, the U.N. Security Council met a day early on Sunday to discuss the fighting, in which three U.N. peacekeepers have ...

It threatened "disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders. A sharply-worded memo sent on Saturday to more than 10,000 staff at USAID offered further guidance to Friday’s ...

The U.S. Commerce Department and FBI are both investigating a little-known telecoms hardware firm founded by senior Huawei veterans in China over possible security risks, sources and documents show.

U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters on Monday praised his swift executive actions upon his return to the White House, while critics derided his planned mass deportations and a rollback in ...

Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria's future: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S. considers key allies against Islamic ...

Russia and Syria will hold further talks over Russian military bases in Syria, Russia's news agencies reported late on Tuesday, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov after his talks ...

The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday it was investigating whether the Denver school system discriminated against women and girls by converting a female bathroom into one for all genders. G ...

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原子能科學家將「末日鐘」指針調到距午夜剩89秒的位置, 是史上最接近午夜的時刻. 總部設在美國芝加哥的非牟利組織「原子科學家公報」的科學安全委員會, 以俄羅斯威脅在烏克蘭戰事中動用核武、 北京加強向台灣施壓, 以及北韓持續試射導彈等原因, 將「末日鐘」指針自去年的位置, 再向前撥快1秒, 去到距離象徵毀滅點的午夜僅剩89秒. 委員會說, 這是對全球領袖的一個警告, 又說, 將世界從懸崖邊緣拉回來的 ...

天水圍有單位拖板短路引致火警, 兩名男子吸入濃煙不適送院, 超過200人疏散. 凌晨4點幾, 天華邨華逸樓低層一個單位起火, 冒出濃煙及火舌. 消防接報到場, 開喉灌救, 約半小時後將火救熄. 火警中, 兩名男住戶吸入濃煙不適, 清醒被送往天水圍醫院治理, 超過200人疏散到安全地方. 消防初步調查後, 相信是單位內的拖板短路引致火警, 認為起火原因無可疑.