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The former US football star and actor is set to be released in October following the Nevada Parole Board's decision.

Authorities have shut down two dark web marketplaces associated with the trade in drugs and weapons, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says.

US President Donald Trump's eldest son, his son-in-law and his former campaign manager are to testify before Senate committees investigating an alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, according to his office.

US President Donald Trump met Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin at a second, previously undisclosed meeting at this month's G20, it has emerged.

The latest iteration of the Trump administration's healthcare bill has effectively collapsed, with two US Republican senators voicing opposition.

Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the Fields Medal, has died of breast cancer in the US.

The man nominated to be the next director of the FBI is promising to pursue justice impartially.

The two countries sign a deal to combat terrorism financing, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tries to end a month-long rift between Arab states.

The US president's son has been asked to appear before the House Intelligence Committee over his meeting last year with a Russian lawyer. Audio

Donald Trump Jr has admitted meeting a Russian lawyer last year who said she had damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

The US president suggests joint work on cyber security but the US ambassador to the UN says the country "can't trust Russia".

Opinion - Donald Trump has pressed fast-forward on the decline of the US as a global leader, writes the ABC's Chris Uhlmann.

In an unusual move, the first daughter sat with world leaders while Donald Trump stepped away.

Nineteen leaders of the world's leading economies have broken with the US president on climate policy, in a rare public admission of disagreement.

Hamburg's streets have been overrun by violence on the first day of the G20 summit in Germany.

The European Union and Japan have agreed on the outline of a free trade deal to create the world's biggest open economic area.