Bruce Springsteen sang “Land of Hope and Dreams” as he stood alone with his guitar in front of the Lincoln Memorial to open “Celebrating America,” a broadcast special to honor the inauguration of President Joe Biden

China's Foreign Ministry is describing outgoing U_S_ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a “doomsday clown" and says his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity is merely “a piece of wastepaper."

On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has lashed out anew at China by declaring that its policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang region constitute a "genocide."

The Kremlin has brushed aside calls from the West to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny

President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for national intelligence director says that perhaps no greater priority on the job right now is “building the trust and confidence necessary to protect the American people.”

President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency

A Russian judge has ordered to jail opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 30 days after the leading Kremlin critic returned to Russia from Germany where he was recovering from nerve agent poisoning he blames on the Kremlin

Japan’s foreign minister is accusing South Korea of worsening already strained ties by making what he called illegal demands for compensation for the sexual abuse of Korean women and use of forced laborers during World War II

South Korea’s president has urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn from the failures of President Donald Trump’s diplomatic engagement with North Korea

When Joe Biden takes the oath of office Wednesday, he'll begin to reshape the office of the presidency