The suspect behind the Stockholm truck attack had been facing deportation and had extremist sympathies, Swedish police say. The 39-year-old Uzbek man is suspected of having driven a truck into a...
The Bank of England has written to the UK's biggest financial firms, urging them to plan for "all eventualities" from the UK leaving the European Union. Bank governor Mark Carney said the "vast...
US President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to his Florida resort for their first summit. Mr Trump said the two men had "developed a friendship" as they sat for dinner at his...
Some of the women were on their way to Europe when IS fighters kidnapped and held them as sex slaves Libyan authorities in the northern port city Misrata have freed 28 Eritreans and seven Nigeria...
Syria's civil war has been raging for more than six years The Pentagon is in detailed discussions with the White House about military options on Syria, according to a US official. This could include...
Gambians deported from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul Four suspected people-smugglers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with the Libyan coastguard off...
US President Donald Trump is set to hold his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a high-stakes summit for both leaders. The heads of the world's two biggest economies will hold the...
The Syrian foreign minister has set out conditions for any UN investigation into the deaths of dozens of people from a chemical agent on Tuesday. Walid Muallem told the BBC it would have to be...
Miguel Francis, who clocked the world's seventh fastest 200m of 2016, will run for Great Britain after switching allegiance from Antigua and Barbuda. The 22-year-old, born in Montserrat, is a...
India's central bank held interest rates on Thursday, in line with analysts' expectations, citing inflationary pressures from an imminent tax reform and the possibility of a poor monsoon. The Reserve...
The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand's North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding. About 600 homes and 2,000 people are affected, as tractors and boats help take locals to safety....
Twitter Inc (TWTR. N) is launching a faster version of its mobile service on Wednesday aimed at people with sporadic connections or little data on their smartphone plans, hoping to pick up users in...
US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical weapons attack by Syria's air force. It was an "affront to humanity", he said,...
Witnesses told Reuters that the blast had destroyed the cafe and damaged another one Seven people are now reported to have died in a car bomb attack on a restaurant in Mogadishu. Witnesses told...
More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year South Africa's top court has dismissed an appeal by the department of environmental affairs to keep a moratorium on the...
A hundred and sixty-nine Gambian migrants on Tuesday returned home, after journeying across the Sahara in harsh conditions only to get stuck in Libya, most in jails far short of their intended...
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a million jobs, according to the payroll firm ADP. The survey, covering nearly 24...
The owner of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Kenco coffee will pay $7.5bn (£6bn) to take control of US bakery and sandwich chain Panera Bread. JAB Holdings also controls coffee brands Douwe Egberts and...
South Africa's largest trade union has joined calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down. While the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) have vigorously defended Zuma in the past, they...
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a million jobs, according to the payrolls firm ADP. The survey, covering nearly 24...
