Uganda police spokesman shot dead
Uganda's national police spokesman Andrew Felix Kaweesi has been shot dead at his home in the capital, Kampala.
He was killed along with his driver and a bodyguard, city police spokesman Emilian Kayima told the...
Britain’s GCHQ agency denies wiretapping Donald Trump
Britain's communications intelligence agency GCHQ has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign.
The unusual move by the agency came after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer cited claims...
France school shooting: Teenage boy arrested
Police have arrested a boy of 17 in the southern French town of Grasse after three people were hurt in a shooting at a school.
The boy, who is said to have been armed with...
Trump proposes massive aid cuts
US funding for international aid and development through the UN and its own agencies could be slashed to boost funding for the US military and plans to build a wall between the US and...
Trump travel ban: US judge blocks new executive order
A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin after midnight on Thursday.
US District Judge Derrick Watson cited "questionable evidence" in the government's...
Dutch election: Wilders defeat celebrated by PM Rutte
Dutch people rejected "the wrong kind of populism", Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said, as he celebrated victory in Wednesday's election.
"The Netherlands said 'Whoa!'" he declared after his centre-right VVD party's lead positioned him...
Tanzania broadcaster suspends staff over fake Trump news
Tanzanian public broadcaster TBC has suspended nine staff after it aired a hoax story saying that US President Donald Trump had praised President John Magufuli's performance.
The article appeared on a website called Fox Channel.
The...
Donald Trump’s 2005 tax return leak reveals $38m bill
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows.
The two pages of tax return, revealed by US TV network MSNBC,...
EU workplace headscarf ban is legal, says ECJ
Employers are entitled to ban workers from the "visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign" including headscarves, Europe's top court has ruled.
But the ban must be based on internal company rules requiring...
Brazil’s president moves out of official residence because of ‘ghosts’
Brazil’s president has moved out of his official residence in the capital, Brasilia, because of “bad energy” and the presence of ghosts.
Michel Temer, 76, and his 33-year-old wife Marcela, a former beauty queen, have...