LAWMAKERS are urging Congress to put into the front burner two measures that will benefit about 800,000 public-school teachers: a bump up in their salaries, and making permanent their teaching ...

India is considering a proposal to expand the sale of broken rice from state stockpiles into the open market, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that may boost supplies of the grain ...

CREDIT rating downgrades are becoming more frequent, the latest sign that companies are starting to perform worse and raising ...

FINANCIAL markets, which have shown increasing insensitivity to tariff threats from the US, will face a test at the Monday ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a move that could cause massive upheaval between the United States and ...

US trading partners trying to navigate the final weeks of negotiations before President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal ...

After months of seeing very little inflation, US consumers probably experienced slightly faster price growth in June as companies started to pass along the higher cost of imported merchandise ...

At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while ...

Russia’s foreign minister warned the US, South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea ...

TEHRAN—Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that his country would accept a resumption of nuclear talks with the US if there were assurances of no more attacks against it, state media reported.

JOHANNESBURG—Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and ...

UNITED NATIONS—Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the UN World Meteorological ...