The United Nations warned Monday that trade disputes, climate change and a me-first attitude to addressing global problems were threatening prospects for world economic growth. The global economy is expected to continue growing at a steady pace of around 3 percent in 2019 and 2020 but there...

A gasoline pipeline explosion in central Mexico last week killed at least 89 people, the country's health minister said on Monday, while an official with the state-owned oil company defended its response to the leak. There were also 51 people injured, Health Minister Jorge Alcocer told a...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks on North Korea with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts ahead of a summit between Pyongyang's leader and the US president, the State Department said Monday. The phone calls, which took place on January 20, come after President Donald Trump...

The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they have resumed talks with the U.S. envoy in Qatar. In a short message, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed noted talks in Doha will continue on Tuesday.  "Following American acceptance of the agenda of ending invasion of Afghanistan and...