Fifteen US states try to block Obama clean power planFifteen US states have petitioned a federal court to block new rules by President Barack Obama's administration to encourage clean power and cut harmful carbon emissions from power plants.
Kerry complains to Moscow about Iran general's visitUS Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to express concern about a visit to Moscow by the commander of Iran's covert forces.
Kerry in Havana for banner day in US-Cuba relationsUS Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cuba Friday to raise the American flag over the newly reopened US embassy, a symbolic capstone on Washington's historic rapprochement with Havana.
14 August 2015
White House reveals Obama's summer reading listAs US President Barack Obama lounged with his family on a Massachusetts beach, the White House released a list of six books that he took on vacation.
Iran's FM, Syria's Assad discuss fight against 'terror'Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and called on regional countries to "fight terrorism and extremism".
'Leading everywhere': Donald Trump barrels aheadThe Donald Trump bullet train charged full speed ahead, as the unfiltered US presidential hopeful slammed China, Barack Obama's administration and Republican rival Jeb Bush.
12 August 2015
Australian PM stymies gay marriage push, for nowAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his government would remain opposed to gay marriage during the current parliament, but suggested the issue could be put to a popular vote after the next election.
12 August 2015
If US drops Iran deal, dollar could suffer: KerryIf the United States cancels the Iran nuclear deal, the blow to its credibility may be such as to hasten the end of the dollar's reign as the world's reserve currency.
Japan ends nuclear shutdown four years after FukushimaJapan ended a two-year nuclear shutdown in the energy-hungry country, sparked by public fears following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, the worst atomic disaster in a generation.