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On Monday, two European newspapers published an interview with President-elect Donald Trump during which he asserted (again) that his son-in-law -- soon to be a special adviser in the White House -- is "a natural" to fix the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

A man injured himself while starting a fire outside the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Tuesday night.

In a new interview with Fox News, President-elect Donald Trump addresses his feud with Rep. John Lewis, and his plans for building a wall along the Mexican border.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday overruled his secretary of defense to commute the sentence of former Army soldier Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks.

A new survey shows that President-elect Donald Trump is out of step with both science and public opinion when it comes to his views on climate change.

China's richest man has a problem: No one is willing to sell him a Hollywood studio.

Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, said at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday night that she would consider actions the President-elect described on a 2005 hot mic tape released during the 2016 campaign to be sexual assault.

An artist used donated human blood to update an iconic American painting, in protest of President-elect Donald Trump and to celebrate diversity.

China's problem with fake goods even includes the condiments and seasonings that people sprinkle on their food

Joe Biden used his final speech as vice president to issue a stark warning about the threat Russia poses to Europe and the United States.

A Nigerian fighter jet misfired during an operation Tuesday, striking refugees at a camp in Borno state for the internally displaced, as well as aid workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to Nigerian officials and the Red Cross.

A police officer was killed in southern Israel on Wednesday in a ramming attack ahead of protests against the demolition of homes belonging to minority Bedouin Arabs, police said. The suspected Bedouin attacker was shot dead.

It's been two years in the making, but Europe's first underwater museum is finally complete.

WikiLeaks celebrated Tuesday's news that President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, hailing it as a "VICTORY" on Twitter.

It must have stuck in President Barack Obama's craw to deliver a win for WikiLeaks.

The plot of my only recurring nightmare goes like this: I'm back in college and have not attended one of my classes all semester (usually math or science), and now a final exam is imminent.

In a speech in Davos Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping treated his audience of world business leaders to a full-throated defense of globalization and free trade.

President Barack Obama, on his final Tuesday in office, appointed soon-to-be former staffers and supporters to administration posts, including senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a damning dossier on US President-elect Donald Trump was "false" and dismissed allegations that his country's security services had been monitoring him as "rubbish."

During the campaign, Donald Trump's inner circle was so small, it fit on his election night stage.