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A California aquarium apologized on Wednesday for a Twitter post calling one of their otters a “thicc girl” and “chonk,” which critics slammed as racist. “Abby is a thicc girl,” the Monterey Bay Aquarium twee...

Secretary of Defense James Mattis stepped down on Thursday, notifying President Trump in a letter that he believes someone should be in the role whose "views are better aligned with yours" when it comes to international ...

The Pentagon has been ordered to begin planning a reduction of troops in Afghanistan, a senior defense official told CBS News on Thursday. There are 14,000 troops in the country now, and 7,000 will return home as part of...

CNN's Wolf Blitzer got to live out the dream of anyone who has ever wanted to tell White House senior adviser Stephen Miller to be quiet. On Thursday evening, Miller appeared on Blitzer's show to talk about all things Tr...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made a last-ditch effort on Thursday to convince President Trump to keep US troops in Syria — and when Trump rebuffed him, the four-star general resigned, The New York Times reported. Matti...

A look at how the president's thinking has shifted, as the government faces possible shutdown over border security funds.

Twenty years ago, Republicans rushed to impeach Bill Clinton for lying about sex. Now they are making excuses for Donald Trump: Our view        

Defense Secretary James Mattis' departure doesn't just sum up the major opposition to President Trump's withdrawal from Syria. It also represents a whole new "phase" in Trump's foreign policy, The Atlantic Editor-in-Chie...

The US government will begin a partial shutdown on Friday at midnight if no budget deal is reached.

U.S. stock futures were slightly lower on Friday, cutting earlier losses after encouraging economic data, but were still pressured by worries over slowing global growth and the threat of a U.S. government shutdown.

One percent of the population controls more than two-thirds of Thailand's wealth.

SDF discusses plan to release 3,200 local and foreign ISIL fighters after US decided to pull out its troops from Syria.

Our series, A More Perfect Union, aims to show what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. For 50 years, the Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale has captivated audie...

Clinics reopen in country where backstreet abortions kill seven women a day and hospitalise 320 The Kenyan government has lifted a ban preventing the international charity Marie Stopes from providing any abortion service...

A leading opposition candidate in Congo announced on Friday his coalition accepts a week-long delay in the presidential election until Dec. 30 but not one day more.

As Britain hurtles toward its divorce from the EU, one boy band has tasked itself with changing Brexit voters' minds.

Trump administration sought to redefine legal immigration from the 'travel ban' to family separations, leaving some with 'no hope' Children torn from parents, refugees turned away and a relentless stream of changes to im...

Mattis quits on principle, and congressional Republicans grow more willing to criticize the president.

Ukrainians haven't had much to cheer about in recent years. There has been conflict, misery, uncertainty. But as one of the country's most successful sports stars, Elina Svitolina hopes she can provide some joy during th...

Friendly nations in Europe and Asia say the resignation of Jim Mattis and plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan are watershed moments in America's relations with the world.

Inspired by the French movement, Taiwan's own "yellow vest" protests are expected to continue on Saturday, with anti-tax demonstrators preparing to take to the streets again.

The Trump administration's special envoy for North Korea has expressed optimism about the diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear crisis a day after the North issued a surprisingly blunt statement …