Hillary Clinton took a bus tour across the US "rust belt" region this weekend in a quest to win over white, working class voters who tend to support populist Republican Donald Trump.

Venezuelan electoral authorities are due to meet today to rule on the opposition's bid for a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro from power amid an economic implosion.

The Italian coastguard said the bodies of five migrants were recovered from the Mediterranean on Sunday, while more than 6,500 people had been rescued off Libya since Thursday.

A massive Taliban truck bomb struck a hotel for foreigners on the outskirts of Kabul early yesterday, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for 15 years.

A hot air balloon that went down in a fiery crash in a Texas pasture, killing all 16 people on board, likely struck a power line, an investigator said on Sunday.

H. E. Mr. Akif Ayhan, ambassador of Turkey to Việt Nam, shares his thoughts on the domestic and international implications of the recent coup attempt in Turkey with Việt Nam News.

Hillary Clinton on Thursday accepted the Democratic Party's White House nomination, casting herself as a tireless champion of the people and rejecting Donald Trump's dark picture of America.

A jihadist involved in the brutal killing of an elderly priest pledged to attack France in a newly released video, as Catholic bishops called for a day of prayer in a nation shaken by the latest assault.

The UN Security Council is expected to vote today on deploying a UN police force to Burundi to monitor human rights and help quell violence in the African country.