Grace Mugabe warns of coup plot

Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe has warned of a possible coup plot amid growing tensions in the fight to succeed her husband. She says allies of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa are threatening the lives of those...

Trump sets demands for new dreamers deal

The White House has outlined measures, including funding for a controversial border wall, that US President Donald Trump insists should be part of any new deal on young undocumented immigrants. Mr Trump is also asking...

White nationalists return to Charlottesville

White nationalist protesters have returned to the US town Charlottesville two months after violent clashes there saw a woman killed. The town's mayor said the small group's appearance at the statue of a Confederate general...

Kim Jong-un promotes sister to politburo

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Flooding as storm Nate pummels Louisiana and Mississippi

Storm Nate has brought strong winds, torrential rain and some flooding to the US Gulf Coast. It made landfall as a category one hurricane near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, late on...

Spain set for pro-unity rallies

Rallies are expected in Spain against Catalonian independence, after Sunday's disputed referendum. Demonstrations are planned in the capital Madrid and other cities, with supporters calling for a similar rally in Catalonia's capital Barcelona. Meanwhile, Spain's government...

Trump rolls back access to free birth control

Donald Trump's government has issued a ruling that allows employers to opt out of providing free birth control to millions of Americans. The rule allows employers and insurers to decline to provide birth control if...

Fire at Nairobi’s Gikomba clothes market ‘suspected arson’

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered an investigation into a fire that swept through Kenya's largest open-air market and carried on burning for eight hours, destroying goods wroth thousands of dollars. Devolution Minister Mwangi Kiunjuri says...

ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican). Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said it was due to the group's "groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty...

Catalan police chief in Madrid court in ‘sedition’ probe

The Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluis Trapero, is appearing before a judge in Madrid on suspicion of sedition against the state. His Mossos d'Esquadra force is accused of failing to protect Spanish national police...