UNITED STATES

Much of the focus this week will be on the unemployment report for April after March's sharp hiring slowdown.

In the face of opposition from US airlines, Qatar Airways expands into three more cities.

NATO is conducting large-scale exercises on its northern flank, where Russian vessels and planes are frequently seen.

The country's top weather tracker warned that the nation faces rising threats from typhoons, floods, droughts and heat waves.

When McDonald’s shareholders gather for their annual meeting in Oak Brook, Illinois, later this month, they will be greeted by thousands calling for "$15 and a union."

One of the biggest users of the U.S. professional guest worker visa program said first-quarter revenue jumped 20 percent.

China's President Xi Jinping and Taiwan's Nationalist Chairman Eric Chu met Monday for the highest-level talk between the countries in six years.

An expected slowdown in U.S. drilling, and speculation on a Chinese economic stimulus package, helped push Brent crude to this year's peak.

The intrusion further fuels tension in the region as the Senkaku Islands controlled by Japan are also claimed by China.

Michael Morell, former CIA deputy chief, was critical of both the GOP and the White House's actions surrounding the 2012 attack in his new book.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has accused the Pentagon of failing to disclose the actual extent of sexual assault in the U.S. military.

Comcast Corp. reported Q1 2015 earnings Monday, beating analysts' estimates but losing another 8K video subscribers.

The U.S. military said, citing Kurdish forces, that there were no civilians in the area for two weeks before the airstrikes.

Big businesses are using messaging app Slack for communication, but the company has yet to receive any user data requests.

North Korean state media accused one of them of running an "underground church" and spreading foreign information on USB sticks and SD memory cards in the country.

A new campaign tactic from Hillary Clinton has the presidential candidate calling your mom on Mother's Day.

The informal talks came as fighting escalated after the withdrawal of most U.S. and allied troops.

Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu is to meet Monday with protest leaders and government officials in wake of violent anti-racism demonstrations.

Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists has reached its worst level since February.

Congressional critics say the Earth-studies programs run by NASA have contributed a great deal to scientists’ understanding of climate change.

"People really need to look at the facts, look at the science of what is behind those facts."