Trump faces a barrage of ads on Fox News demanding he let transgender soldiers serve
Donald Trump is trying to stop transgender people signing up and serving in the US military. But they're fighting back with ads on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.
It's now a crime in Poland to accuse it of helping Nazi Germany carry out the Holocaust
The controversial law will put those who accuse Poland of carrying out crimes related to the Holocaust in prison.
Ivanka Trump heads to Winter Olympics to put 'maximum pressure' on North Korean nuclear program
The daughter of President Donald Trump is leading the U.S. delegation at this weekend's closing ceremony for the Pyeongchang Games.
Fears grow for 50 young women missing in northern Nigeria after Boko Haram attack
Some 50 young women remain missing after Boko Haram attacked the village of Dapchi in Northern Nigeria, with fears they have been kidnapped.
Christian evangelist Billy Graham, who reached billions around the globe, dies at 99
Billy Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina, spokesman Mark DeMoss told The Associated Press.
Iran: Mystical Sufi Muslims kill 5 police in deadly clashes in Tehran
Supporters of Sufi leader Nourali Tabandeh have been holding sporadic sit-ins near his home in Tehran.
Watch as Sinabung volcano erupts and sends a towering ash column into the sky
The volcano, one of three currently erupting in Indonesia, was dormant for four centuries before exploding in 2010, killing two people.
Winter Olympics: Probe launched after Russian athlete suspected of doping
The Russian delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics has announced that one of its athletes has failed a drug test.
Brexit security: 'Deep-seated ideology' should not kill security, May says
UK Prime Minister Theresa May says ideology and doctrine should not stand in the way of continued EU-UK security cooperation after Brexit.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have split after 'lovingly made' decision
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have announced they are to split up, in a decision that they made last year. The couple announced it publicly to quash speculation.
South Africa elects new president Cyril Ramaphosa after Jacob Zuma resignation
Ramaphosa was the only candidate nominated for election in the parliament after two opposition parties said they would not participate.
'No one' in the White House could stop Trump's Twitter rants says Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus, former chief of staff to US President Donald Trump, has said that the chaos inside Trump's White House was even worse than reported.
Trump wants to gut climate science funding and NASA research and boost fossil fuel spending
Donald Trump's budget is a direct indicator of just how little weight his administration is giving to the increasingly dire warnings from climate scientists
Danish Prince Henrik, husband to Queen Margrethe, dies at age 83
The Danish royal family has no political authority, but is one of the world's oldest kingdoms and prides itself on stability.
As South African President Zuma awaits fate, police raid home of his Gupta business allies
Agents from the Hawks, an elite police investigative unit, entered the compound of the Gupta family in an affluent Johannesburg neighbourhood.
Prince Henrik sent home to Fredensborg Palace to live out his final hours
Ailing Danish prince has battled dementia and pneumonia in recent months, and is not expected to live much longer.
South African President Jacob Zuma told to resign or face recall by ruling ANC party
If Zuma rejects any instruction from his own party to resign, the matter could go to parliament for a vote on a motion of no confidence.
Trump's controversial tax cuts and military spending spree herald $1 trillion federal deficit
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget for next year including a bid spending spree on the military.
New York state sues Harvey Weinstein's company over sexual misconduct claims
New York state attorney Eric Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein company over sexual misconduct claims.
Russia plane crash: Wreckage strewn across snowy field and all feared dead
All 71 passengers and crew on Russian plane feared dead after it crashes in a snowy field just 40km from takeoff.
'Monopoly of the holocaust:' Polish presidential adviser attacks Israel
An adviser to Poland's president thinks Israel's negative reaction to a law criminalizing some statements about Poland's actions during World War II stemmed from Jewish shame.
Cambodian woman jailed for throwing shoe at picture of prime minister
A Cambodian woman who threw a shoe at a billboard depicting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been arrested after being repatriated from Thailand.
European markets left in the doldrums after Wall Street tumble
Analysts believe a number of simultaneous events caused the unusually rapid plunge across the markets.
Twitter turns first profit, but even the ramblings of Trump can't boost user growth
Twitter beat Wall Street's cautious expectations with its first quarterly profit in history, but that isn't going to solve the company's broader problems any time soon.
John Perry Barlow dead: Internet pioneer and Grateful Dead songwriter dies aged 70
A founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead, John Perry Barlow, has died aged 70.
The new space race has begun - and humans are ramping up plans to set foot on Mars
Scientists sent ideas to the mission, named AMADEE-18, which quickly grew to 16 scientific experiments, such as testing a "tumbleweed" whip-fast robot rover and a new suit.
Swisscom data breach: Personal details of one in ten Swiss citizens stolen
Swiss mobile phone operator says data systems were breached in 2017 and contact details of about 800,000 customers compromised.
Gruesome illegal ivory trade leads online shop Etsy to delist Alaska Native artists
US Senator Dan Sullivan asks Etsy.com to reconsider policy to allow native Alaskans to continue selling walrus tusk products.
North Korean Olympians may not get their Samsung Galaxy 8 phone like everyone else
An Olympian question for Pyeongchang Winter Games organisers to wrestle with: to give or not to give the Galaxy phone to 22 North Korean athletes.
Bitcoin is 'a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster' claims top banker
Carstens said many people believe so far that, given the limited size of virtual currencies, "concerns about them do not rise to a systemic level".