Until the bitter end, Henry Kissinger was one of the trusted few in the tight circle of a distrusting President Richard Nixon More »

Global leaders are paying tribute to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, but there's also sharp criticism of the man who remained an influential figure decades after his official service as one of the most powerful diplomats in American history More »

The Republican National Committee’s rules for next year’s nominating contest and convention have been released, but a major question is unaddressed: Can delegates vote for a different candidate if the party’s presumptive nominee is convicted of a felony More »

A New York appeals court has reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial More »

The OPEC oil cartel and allied producers have made another big swipe at propping up lagging crude prices More »

Russia’s Supreme Court has effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country More »

The pressure to phase out fossil fuels is mounting on the oil company chief who on Thursday took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai amid concerns about what some say is contradictory dual roles More »

Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, has died More »