Trump travel ban: Targeted nations condemn new US order
Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the United Nations.
On Monday, President Trump signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban...
China calls on N Korea to suspend missile and nuclear tests
China has proposed that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to "defuse a looming crisis".
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that in exchange, the US and South Korea could halt annual...
Nigerian ex-governor jailed for five years for corruption
A court in Nigeria has found a former state governor guilty of corruption in one of the first high-profile convictions in President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-graft war.
James Bala Ngilari has been sentenced to five years...
Trump signs new travel ban directive
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations.
Iraq - which was covered in the previous seven-nation order - has been removed from...
Trump wire tap: FBI chief Comey ‘rejects’ allegation
FBI director James Comey has rejected Donald Trump's claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered a wiretap of his phone before he was elected US president, US media say.
Mr Comey reportedly asked the US...
Trump urged to back up claims his phones were tapped by Obama
US President Donald Trump has been urged to provide evidence to back his allegation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered his phones to be tapped during the election campaign.
Republican Senator Ben Sasse said Mr...
Malaysia expels North Korean ambassador
Malaysia says it has expelled the North Korean ambassador over the death of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korea's leader.
Kang Chol must leave Malaysia within 48 hours, the foreign ministry says.
The move...
Zimbabwe journalists arrested over Mugabe health report
Two Zimbabwean journalists were arrested this morning over a newspaper report that described President Robert Mugabe as being "in bad shape" when he flew to Singapore for what the presidency said was a scheduled...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions quits Russia probe
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has bowed to pressure and removed himself from an FBI inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
America's top prosecutor said he did not lie when he testified at...
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak acquitted over 2011 protester deaths
Egypt's top appeals court has acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak of conspiring in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising.
Mr Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in...