Equatorial Guinea’s flamboyant vice-president has gone trial in absentia in France on charges of corruption after he failed to stop the landmark case. Teodorin Obiang Nguema is accused of buying a...
At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister says. A gunman opened fire in Reina nightclub at about...
Todd Fisher, Debbie Reynolds' son said Friday his mother and sister, actress Carrie Fisher, will have a joint funeral and will be buried together. He said the actresses will be interred at Forest...
President-elect Donald Trump made the dubious claim on Twitter late Monday night that his foundation pays zero expenses and donates all of its money to charity. However, a number of reports appear to...
Debbie Reynolds, who starred opposite Gene Kelly in the 1952 musical Singin’ in the Rain, has died a day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. The US actress, 84, had been rushed to...
An Al Jazeera news producer has been arrested in Egypt over accusations of attempting to overthrow the government and being a member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Mahmoud Hussein was arrested at...
The body of the Russian ambassador assassinated by a Turkish policeman in Ankara has been flown home. Andrei Karlov was shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, nine times as he gave a speech on Monday,...
A French court has found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence but did not hand down any punishment. As French finance minister in 2008, she approved an award of...
A suicide car bomb in central Turkey has killed 13 soldiers aboard a bus and wounded 56 more, officials say. The blast destroyed the bus carrying soldiers visiting a local market in the city of...
Donald Trump has delayed an announcement on how he plans to separate his business empire interests from his role as US president. The US president-elect had been due to hold a rare press conference...
A lawyer says an Algerian journalist on a hunger strike to protest a two-year sentence for offending President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died in a hospital in the capital. Journalist Mohamed Tamalt...
Christine Lagarde is taking time off her day job tackling the world's financial crises to face trial on Monday for her role in a $425 million state payout to a French tycoon in 2008. The...
The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have driven it back. The governor of Homs province, Talal Barazi, said government...
Thirty-three bodies have so far been recovered from a warehouse in Oakland, California, following a deadly fire during a party, officials say. Only about 20% of the building has been searched and "a...
An heir to the Fiat fortune stands accused of falsely claiming he had been kidnapped by a transgender prostitute. Lapo Elkann called his family from New York to demand a $10,000 (£8,000) ransom "to...
An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic State. The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared it...
It's been nearly two weeks since the November 8 general election, but the results have not remained static as ballots continue to be counted. While the number of votes for both president-elect Donald...
Days of deadly tribal clashes have erupted in southern Libya after a pet monkey attacked a high school girl. Abdel-Rahman Areish, the head of Sabha city hospital, told The Associated Press news...
The Premier League has agreed a major new deal for its TV rights in China, which could be worth up to $700m (£560m). The three-year contract with Chinese video streaming service PPTV is set to be...
At least 96 people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after...
