Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran, the Palestinian militant group Hamas said in a statement. In a statement issued on Wednesday the Islamist faction mourned the death …

Kamala Harris has cast herself as the “underdog” in the US presidential race and called her opponent Donald Trump “just plain weird,” while Trump painted the vice president as “evil,” …

Arsonists have attacked France’s high-speed rail network, setting fires that paralysed train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the …

US Vice President Kamala Harris has promised a “fight for the future” as new opinion polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris’ swift emergence as …

US President Joe Biden says dropping out of the race for the presidency and endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic candidate was the best way to unite …

Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison says the Democratic party will deliver a presidential nominee by August 7 and is committed to an “open and fair” nominating process. Earlier on …

US President Joe Biden has withdrawn from his bid for re-election, saying: “I believe it in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down.” …

Security experts say CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused a global internet crash, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The …

Political polarisation in the US has affected America’s standing in the world, the prime minister says, as President Joe Biden comes under increasing pressure to step aside. As former president …

The United States received intelligence in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump, CNN says, and a US official says the Secret Service shared details …