World
10 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May appears on a chat show with her husband, Philip.
10 May 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump approves supplying arms to Kurdish fighters, part of an effort to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey.
10 May 2017
Former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In has won a landslide victory in South Korea's presidential election, ushering in an era of change after a devastating corruption scandal that brought down the previous president.
10 May 2017
President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey in the fallout over Comey's probe of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's emails last year, saying Comey was no longer able to effectively lead the agency.
10 May 2017
Former U.S. President Barack Obama tells an audience in Milan, Italy, that if you don't vote, "you get the politicians you deserve.
9 May 2017
President Vladimir Putin warns Russia could defeat any aggressors but insists the world come together to fight "terrorism" as Moscow marks 72 years since victory in World War II.
9 May 2017
South Koreans vote to elect a new leader after months of political vacuum following the jailing of previous President Park Geun-hye on bribery charges.
9 May 2017
US newspapers feature front page news of centrist Emmanuel Macron's election as president of France. Macron won warm backing from his European allies after his resounding victory, but the focus at home shifted to whether he can govern the country without a traditional party.
9 May 2017
South Koreans begin voting to elect a new leader, looking to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the political and business elite to the core.
9 May 2017
A former senior U.S. law enforcement figure said on Monday she warned President Donald Trump's White House in January about then-national security adviser Michael Flynn because she feared he could have been open to blackmail by Russia.
8 May 2017
At a news conference following the German state elections, Chancellor Merkel praised Macron's 'brave' campaign and said she looks forward to working with the new president.
8 May 2017
Former President Barack Obama urged current members of Congress to have the courage to "contradict party positions." He spoke after accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at Kennedy's presidential library in Boston on Sunday.
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Clashes have erupted between protesters and police in southwest China over plans to raze parts of a mosque. The authorities are now asking the demonstrators to turn themselves in.
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Al Pacino, 82, is to become a father for the fourth time because his 29-year-old girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, is eight months pregnant.
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Authorities in Kenya say around 6,000 children go missing every year which translates to 18 children disapperaing each day. Parents of the missing young ones are helpless not knowing when their children will return.
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In South Africa, behind a glittering facade of lavish churches and charismatic preachers, many false prophets prey upon the vulnerable and desperate. Church leaders are wanted there for sexual assault and corruption, among other sins.
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Germany says it has told Russia to close four out of five consulates in Germany. The retaliatory move comes after Moscow set a limit to the number of German embassy staff and related bodies.
