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President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, US media reports say. They say senior intelligence officials will be interviewed about whether Mr Trump tried to end an inquiry into his sacked national

A top US Republican was among five people wounded in a “multiple shooting” during baseball practice in an upmarket Washington DC suburb. House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise was hit but expected to survive after the early morning attack at

Several people have been confirmed dead after a huge inferno broke out at a residential tower block in West London. Eyewitnesses revealed how families ‘begged for their lives’ as they tried to escape the blaze, while people are still trapped inside the

Police have detained Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny just before a mass protest against corruption in central Moscow was expected to take place. He was arrested at the entrance of his home on Monday, his wife wrote on his Twitter account,

KINSHASA, Congo – Armed men attacked a prison in Congo’s eastern city of Beni on Sunday, killing at least 11 and freeing more than 900 prisoners, a government official said. Eight prison guards were among the 11 dead, said North Kivu

The captors of Saif al-Islam, son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, say they have released him after more than five years in detention. A statement by the captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, said Saif al-Islam

Bald men in Mozambique could be targets of ritual attacks, police have warned, after the recent killing of five men for their body parts. Two suspects have been arrested in the central district of Milange, where the killings occurred. “The belief

West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications of its membership still needed to be considered before Morocco could formally join.