A black gunman shot dead three police officers in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge on Sunday, in the latest spate of violence involving law enforcement. The shooting, which also wounded... Read more
Arrests in Turkey after Friday’s failed coup have risen to around 6,000, with President Erdogan vowing to purge state bodies of the “virus” that caused it. At a funeral for... Read more
An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to crumble in the early hours of Saturday after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan’s call to take to the streets to support him. At l... Read more
Republican Donald Trump ended weeks of speculation Friday by naming Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, a choice meant to bolster the presumptive nominee with Midwestern voters and... Read more
Militant attacks on oil installations and the threat of a nationwide strike have driven Nigeria’s petroleum production and its naira currency to new lows recently. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) O... Read more
An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to crumble in the early hours of Saturday after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan’s call to take to the streets to support him. Erdog... Read more
French President Francois Hollande said Friday that an attack which saw a truck plough into a crowd in Nice, killing 80 people, was clearly a “terrorist” act. There was a sense o... Read more
Image copyrightAFP New Prime Minister Theresa May has made Boris Johnson, the former London mayor who led the Brexit campaign, foreign secretary in her new government. He replaces Philip Ham... Read more
A protester is grabbed by police officers in riot gear after she refused to leave the motor way in front of the the Baton Rouge Police Department Headquarters in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday,... Read more
President Barack Obama will give Hillary Clinton a lift on Air Force One Tuesday when they fly to North Carolina for their first joint campaign appearance. It’s a powerful symbol of th... Read more
