The maker of OxyContin and the company's controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270m to Oklahoma to settle allegations they helped create the nation's deadly opioid crisis with their aggressive marketing of

Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against actor Jussie Smollett in an astonishing reversal that the "Empire" actor called vindication, but that the Chicago mayor angrily dismissed as a "whitewash" of allegations that Smollett

Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique faces a "second disaster" from cholera and other diseases, officials have warned, as the United Nations launched an urgent aid appeal for an estimated 1.8 million people affected by storm winds and

Washington, DC - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke via satellite on the last day of AIPAC's annual convention in Washington, DC, closing out a three-day pro-Israel festival marked by partisan jabs between opposing US

In his latest controversial move, US President Donald Trump has recognised Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, ending decades of US policy towards the region. It was a boost for embattled Israeli Prime

GENEVA/LONDON: Heavy flooding continued in Iran on Tuesday as many provinces geared up for days of waterlogged misery and authorities warned of possible floods in the capital Tehran as well the oil-rich south. President

DAMASCUS: On a long-disused film set outside Damascus featuring mud houses, palm trees, alleyways and camels, actors in flowing robes are making a television series that the producers say is part of a gradual

ALGIERS: Algeria's army chief called Tuesday for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to govern, after weeks of mass protests demanding the ailing leader step down.The move would potentially clear the way for

Beira, Mozambique- They waited for rescue for days, clinging on to trees and rooftops, after a powerful cyclone tore through Mozambique and triggered flash floods in what the UN has called "one of the

The United States on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions on a network of companies and individuals in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates it said was transferring billions of dollars and euros to Iran's