Patience Jonathan: Nigeria ex-first lady decries ‘witch-hunt’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Mrs Jonathan says she is being persecuted because of her unflinching support for her husband in the 2015 presidential campaign Nigeria's ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan has accused the government 's anti-corruption agency of conducting an
US defence chief Mattis suggests backing Iran nuclear deal
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption James Mattis was speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington The US should consider staying in the Iran nuclear deal, Defence Secretary James Mattis has suggested.Asked in a Senate hearing whether he
Puerto Rico: Trump compares Maria and Katrina deaths
Image copyright Getty Images President Donald Trump has told Puerto Rico officials they should be "proud" they did not lose thousands of lives as in "a real catastrophe like Katrina".Mr Trump also said the hurricane-ravaged island had thrown the US
Kursk sub disaster: Russia fined over free speech violation
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Kursk disaster in 2000 was an international embarrassment for the Russian military The European Court of Human Rights says Russia must compensate journalists who were sued for articles about the Kursk nuclear submarine
Zimbabwe reporter held over ‘Grace Mugabe underwear’ story
Image copyright AFP Image caption Grace Mugabe is the second wife of President Robert Mugabe A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe's
Trump flies into storm-hit Puerto Rico
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption'After nine days of waiting help is here' The Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, says US federal support has surged ahead of President Trump's visit. Mr Trump flew in to the
US expels 15 Cuban diplomats
US expels 15 Cuban diplomats, saying Cuba has failed to protect US diplomats from mystery acoustic attacks in HavanaThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.You
Veteran Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani dies
Image copyright AFP Image caption Jalal Talabani was a key proponent of Kurdish independence The Kurdish leader and former Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, has died at the age of 83, Iraqi state TV has said. Talabani was a veteran of
Las Vegas shooting: Trump dubs killer ‘sick and demented’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHow the horror unfolded - in two minutes President Donald Trump has described the gunman who killed 59 people in Las Vegas on Sunday evening as "a sick man, a demented man".
Las Vegas shooting: Did guns use bump-stocks to fire more?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bump-stocks can be fitted to standard semi-automatic rifles like the Colt AR-15 US media are reporting that the gunman who killed almost 60 people at a concert in Las Vegas on Sunday may have