Mexico's president wants to raffle off presidential jet

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced the latest in a series of desperate ideas Friday to sell off his predecessor's official jet, which he says is too luxurious for a country where half the people live in poverty.

Iran rocket attack on Iraqi military base injured 11 US service members, official reveals

Eleven U.S. service members were flown out of Al Assad Air Base in Iraq and treated for concussion symptoms after Iran's rocket attack targeting two Iraqi military bases earlier this month, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday night.

U.N.: Climate change will cause more extreme weather in the future

The United Nations has released a grim warning about the possibility of more extreme weather this year and in the near future.

Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees

Firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia's wildfires.

Senate passes US-Canada-Mexico trade deal

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy win before senators turn their full attention to his impeachment trial.

Vladimir Putin engineers shake-up, proposes changes that could keep him in power longer

President Vladimir Putin has engineered a surprise shake-up of Russia's leadership and proposed changes to the constitution that could keep him in power after the end of his term in 2024.

Drone video shows flooding in Western Australia

Western Australia had its second-driest year on record in 2019. Then torrential rains soaked the arid interior last week.

Trump says China trade deal delivers economic justice

President Trump has signed a new trade agreement with China that is expected to boost exports from U.S. farmers and manufacturers and ease trade tensions between the two countries.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin engineers shakeup that could keep him in power longer

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned after Putin announced the proposed constitutional amendments that could keep him in power for longer than his term.

Fever chart: Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s

The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to the way man-made climate change keeps shattering records.