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Former IRA commander McGuinness rose to be deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The Wikileaks founder says he is prepared to uphold his end of the deal.

List of Russian words in use in the West continues to grow, as our glossary illustrates.

Could rap be the most effective advocacy tool in Mali?

Perry reverses stance on climate change but doesn't want to raise the cost of energy.

World leaders, top decision-makers and the financial elite gather every year at the event in Davos, Switzerland.

Ex-pilot is in firing line after publishing names of prisoners – said Kiev may have to ease its claim on Crimea.

Donald Trump's family tree highlights a web of relations crossing countries and economic interests.

Well over a hundred celebrities will be speaking and participating in the march on 21 January.

Barrow was sworn in in front of diplomatic officials at The Gambia's Embassy in Senegal.

Critics accuse China of turning a blind eye to rampant rights abuses in the central African nation.

Protest group tells 'daddy Pence' that 'we are queer, we are here, we will dance' in defiance of anti-gay stance.

Josephine was nearly 50-years-old and suffered from a variety of health issues, zookeepers say they had no choice.

Donald Trump will become the first president to have no political or military experience.

TV host and Hillary Clinton supporter will host anti-Trump protest during Sundance.

Orthodox Christians across eastern Europe have braved some of the lowest temperatures in decades as they plunged into icy water to celebrate the Epiphany.

Russia is increasing its military spending in response to increased Nato deployments near its borders.

Venezuelans say that they cannot return to Nicolas Maduro's police state.

Troops led by Senegal ready to invade as President-elect Adama Barrow heads for inauguration in Dakar.

RT says it will be unable to share videos or images of Donald Trump's inauguration due to a Facebook ban.

Three biographers say Trump will be unable to separate his personal feelings from what's best for Americans.

Fear and disappointment or happiness and hope were among the choices for thousands across the continent.

English-speaking Cameroon unrest ignited by perceived marginalisation and use of French.

Unusual discovery comes just weeks after Queen's New Year's Honours were announced.

Thousands, including software engineers, protesting in the southern Indian state to have ban on bull sport lifted.

Two people have been found alive at the hotel, where there were up to 30 guests and staff when the avalanche struck.

The 17-storey building caught fire at 8am local time, and burned for for three and a half hours before it collapsed.

The violence against Rohingya people has galvanised Muslims in the Southeast Asia, Malaysian PM said.

The resumption of executions in Palmyra is a conspicuous propaganda effort by Isis.