US officials say al-Qaeda had plans to hijack or sink oil tankers in order to prompt a spike in prices and trigger an economic crisis in the West.

With a BP well spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico for a fifth week and President Barack Obama under pressure to act, legal experts say it is only a matter of time before his…

The second major snowstorm in less than a week slammed the US East Coast from Washington to New York on Tuesday, forcing the United Nations to close.

BAE Systems will pay about $450-million in fines in the United States and Britain, settling long-running corruption investigations.

US President Barack Obama is "not patient" and is demanding immediate changes in airline security, the top US military officer said on Wednesday.