Prominent American political commentator and journalist Thomas Friedman says the United States could be headed towards a second civil war after President Donald Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power.

If popular and electoral college votes don’t correspond that will mark the third instance in the last six elections.

The US is potentially “on the verge of a civil war, more likely a race war, instigated by white supremacist militias and local police departments all backing President Trump,” according to Myles Hoenig.

Doctors Without Borders says the Beirut blast caused destruction like that caused by the country's 1975-90 civil war.

A top US general has censured American Confederate leaders as traitors and withdrawn his support for naming military bases and statues after those who fought in the Civil War era, a viewpoint that puts him on a collision course with US President Donald Trump.

South Sudan's main rivals on Wednesday sealed a deal on control of the country's 10 internal states.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Turkey has sent new batches of allied militants from Syria to Libya.

South Sudan’s former rebel leader and its president will form a unity government by Saturday’s deadline.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun says he has hope in the possibility of the formation of a new government in the coming days.

US President Donald Trump is warning that the Democrat-driven impeachment proceedings and any move to oust him from office would spark a civil war.