On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom With Distinction , the highest honor a civilian can receive. Getting to that podium, however, was not without difficulty. Biden's lengthy career in politics has featured ...

Today, President Obama surprised his best bro, Vice President Joe Biden, with the country's highest civilian honor: The Presidential Medal of Freedom. He paid tribute to "the best vice president America has ever had" in front of a small crowd at the ...

Today, President Obama surprised his best bro, Vice President Joe Biden, with the country's highest civilian honor: The Presidential Medal of Freedom. He paid tribute to "the best vice president America has ever had" in front of a small crowd at the ...

Today, President Obama surprised his best bro, Vice President Joe Biden, with the country's highest civilian honor: The Presidential Medal of Freedom. He paid tribute to "the best vice president America has ever had" in front of a small crowd at the ...

President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260 ...

President Barack Obama paid tribute to Joe Biden in a surprise ceremony at the White House on Thursday, where he awarded the vice president the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A tearful Biden appeared overcome with emotion as Obama placed the ...

President Barack Obama paid tribute to Joe Biden in a surprise ceremony at the White House on Thursday, where he awarded the vice president the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A tearful Biden appeared overcome with emotion as Obama placed the ...

Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president's impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea ...

Rex Tillerson, former chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, is seated prior to testifying before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U ...

Rex Tillerson, former chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, is seated prior to testifying before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U ...

I know it's hard to imagine today, but 20 years ago, Russians loved America. And Americans were pretty eager to see where a Russia emerging from Soviet rule would head. But what was seen as US 'help' in some areas now is viewed as interference – and ...

FBI Director James Comey waits to testify to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on "Russia's intelligence activities" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts. More. By Dustin Volz and Jonathan ...

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's new President Nana Akufo-Addo named the co-founder of investment bank Databank, Ken Ofori-Atta, as finance minister on Tuesday as he seeks to revitalize an economy that is heavily reliant on commodities. Akufo-Addo ...

A convoy of the United Nation peacekeepers from Senegal is seen parked along a road in Bouake, Ivory Coast, January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon. More. By Ange Aboa. ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The streets of Ivory Coast's second-largest city Bouake ...

A convoy of the United Nation peacekeepers from Senegal is seen parked along a road in Bouake, Ivory Coast, January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon. More. By Ange Aboa. ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The streets of Ivory Coast's second-largest city Bouake ...

The US intelligence community issued a blunt and direct indictment Friday afternoon of Russian President Vladimir Putin for attempting to sway the US presidential election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump. The complex and sophisticated Russian ...

Istanbul (AFP) - A car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants rocked the Turkish city of Izmir on Thursday, killing at least two people and triggering a deadly shootout as authorities chased the fugitive killer behind the New Year attack in Istanbul. The ...

Australia's Peter Handscomb, right, cuts the ball in front of Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed during their cricket test match in Sydney Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft). More. SYDNEY (AP) — An unbeaten century stand by Azhar Ali and Younis ...

Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow on Saturday called on longtime leader Yahya Jammeh to drop his challenge to last week's election results following a dramatic political U-turn that has prompted fears for the West African ...

Fidel Castro is dead. This should not be news to anyone, but many people had their doubts. Castro was believed dead in 1953, after he disappeared during his surprise attack on the Moncada Barracks during an early, failed attempt to overthrow Cuba's ...