US Deports 90 Back Home to Somalia

Ninety Somali immigrants who either ran afoul of U.S. law or had their asylum applications rejected have been deported to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said Wednesday. Somalia's ambassador to the United States,...

Mexico condemns Trump over imports tax proposal

Mexico has condemned a US suggestion that it may impose a 20% tax on Mexican imports to pay for President Donald Trump's planned border wall. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said such tax would make Mexican...

Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow arrives home

Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile. President Barrow's plane touched down at Banjul airport where jubilant crowds...

Greece snubs Turkey soldiers’ extradition

Greece's Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July's attempted coup. The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after the coup...

Adama Barrow faces test as he returns to The Gambia

The Gambia's new president Adama Barrow will return to the capital Banjul on Thursday , days after long-standing ruler Yahya Jammeh, who initially disputed the election results, was forced into exile. Barrow had to be...

We will not pay for Trump border wall- Mexico

Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump's border wall, the country's president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he "lamented" the plans for the barrier, adding that "Mexico doesn't...

Somalia: Al-Shabab attack at Mogadishu hotel ‘kills 13’

At least 13 people have been killed in a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack carried out by al-Shabab at a popular hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to police. The assault on Wednesday morning began when attackers rammed...

Trump to put limits on refugees, immigration

The US president, Donald Trump, will sign executive orders restricting visas and immigration, as well as the entry of refugees, making good on his signature campaign pledges, according to several media reports. Trump is due...

Bana Alabed: Syrian tweeting girl pens letter to Trump

Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old Aleppo girl known worldwide for her tweets from Aleppo, has written an open letter to Donald Trump. "You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your...

UK government loses Brexit vote appeal

Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process, the Supreme Court has ruled. The judgement means Theresa May cannot begin talks with the EU until MPs and peers give their backing...