The United States depicted at the Republican National Convention is a scary place. It is wrenched by economic uncertainty, social upheaval, political dysfunction, runaway immigration, violent streets and existential threats from abroad. Republicans want voters to see the need for drastic change. The nation’s only choice, they say, is Donald Trump. No one can deny that Trump is the candidate of change, while Clinton has been running as the candidate... 

Beijing: China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a “cradle of war” and threatened an air defence zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. An aerial photo shows Thitu Island. The surprisingly strong and sweeping ruling by a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague provided powerful diplomatic ammunition to the Philippines, which filed the challenge, and other claimants... 

Washington: The United States demanded an immediate end to renewed fighting in the capital of South Sudan, ordering all non-essential personnel out of the troubled country. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. “The United States strongly condemns the latest outbreak of fighting in Juba between forces aligned with President Salva Kiir Mayardit and those aligned with First Vice President Riek Machar Teny, including reports we have that civilian... 

WARSAW: US President Barack Obama on today denounced the “despicable” attacks in Dallas in which snipers shot dead five police officers during a protest against police shootings of black men. “We still don’t know all the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement,” Obama told a press conference at a NATO summit in Warsaw. US President Barack Obama speaks... 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his Turnberry golf course. TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump thrust himself into the heart of Britain’s internal struggle on Friday, saying Britons had retaken control of their country by voting to leave the European Union. In Scotland to reopen a golf resort, the wealthy New York businessman stopped to take questions from reporters after... 

A Blackberry Bold smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy Note phablet, and an Apple iPad 2 tablet are displayed in this illustration photo Businesses are set to spend more on mobile Internet advertising than for ads seen via desktop computers for the first time in 2017, forecaster ZenithOptimedia said on Monday, a year earlier than it had previously predicted. Zenith said it expected companies around the world to spend $99.3 billion on mobile Internet advertising... 

Barack Obama In Orlando To Console Grieving Families in International Airport ORLANDO, UNITED STATES: President Barack Obama arrived on Thursday in Orlando, where he will console loved ones devastated by a shooting rampage that has fueled America’s culture wars and a fresh push for gun controls. Air Force One touched down shortly before 1:00 pm (1700 GMT) in Florida, where Obama will call for national unity and meet families whose lives have...