Trump team ‘incidentally monitored’ after election

Post-election communications of Donald Trump's team were swept up in an "incidental collection" by intelligence agencies, a Republican lawmaker says. House intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes said individuals were named in "widely disseminated" reports, which...

London attack: Five dead in Westminster terror attack

Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of...

Akufo-Addo condemns attack on UK

Ghana's President Akufo-Addo has condemned Wednesday’s ghastly terror attack carried outside the House of Parliament in London. Five people including a policeman have died, according to the police, and that investigators are working to look...

Police officer ‘stabbed at UK Parliament’

A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, Commons Leader David Lidington has said. He told MPs the "alleged assailant was shot by armed police" following a "serious" incident. Staff...

Two German-born terror suspects to be deported

Germany says it will deport two men born in the country but whose parents are foreign - the first such case in German history. The men, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 22-year-old Nigerian, were arrested...

Gorsuch: Criticism of judges — including Trump’s — ‘disheartening’

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch criticized Tuesday President Donald Trump's attacks on the federal judge who blocked his administration's travel ban, saying for the first time publicly that he found them "disheartening" and "demoralizing." Gorsuch...

Trump’s ex aide Paul Manafort ‘hid’ $750,000 payment

Further allegations have been made in Ukraine about secret funds said to have been paid to Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Lawmaker Serhiy Leshchenko said he had evidence that Mr Manafort had tried...

White House: Trump will attend NATO leaders meeting in May

US President Donald Trump will attend a NATO leaders' summit scheduled for May, the White House has confirmed. "The President looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to reaffirm our strong commitment to NATO,...

North Korea forges ahead with nuclear ambitions

North Korea has nothing to fear from any U.S. move to broaden sanctions aimed at cutting it off from the global financial system and will pursue "acceleration" of its nuclear and missile programs, a...

Martin McGuinness: Sinn Féin politician dies aged 66

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister, has died aged 66. It is understood he had been suffering from a rare heart condition. His funeral will be in Derry on Thursday. The former...