News
18 Dec 2016
Video released on the internet on Sunday shows buses burning on a road in Syria. Syrian state TV and a war monitor say several were attacked en route to evacuate people from the besieged villages of al-Foua and Kefraya.
18 Dec 2016
The West African regional bloc said on Saturday (December 17) it will uphold the election result in Gambia, despite outgoing President Yahya Jammeh saying he will not step down.
18 Dec 2016
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday a week after an attack by the militant Islamic State group killed 50 troops nearby.
18 Dec 2016
Zimbabwe's 92-year-old leader, Robert Mugabe, has been endorsed by his Zanu-PF party to stand for another term as president in 2018. But internal divisions threaten to split the party.
18 Dec 2016
Angels descend from the church tower during a Christmas market in Ustek, Czech Republic, in a traditional advent custom.
18 Dec 2016
Amateur video purports to show residents fleeing rebel-held eastern Aleppo under fire, despite an agreed upon ceasefire.
18 Dec 2016
At the final rally on his 'Thank You Tour', President-elect Donald Trump says he was joking when he said his supporters were 'vicious' and 'violent' before the election.