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Burundi elections: Ruling party seeks to tighten grip on power
Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political repression.Seats in the National Assembly, Senate and local councils are up for grabs but Évariste Ndayishimiye is safe in...
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What we know about Trump’s latest travel ban
EPADonald Trump has signed a ban on travel to the US from 12 countries citing national security risks, according to the White House.The US president said the list could be revised if "material improvements" were made and additional countries...
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Trump signs ban on entry from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
President Trump signed a proclamation to ban travel from certain countries on Wednesday evening, citing national security risks, administration officials told CBS News. The ban will be targeted at specific countries, but will allow for exceptions.Mr....
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Woman on trial for poison mushroom killings says she was trying to fix
An Australian woman accused of serving poisonous death cap mushrooms in a dish that killed three of her four guests who ate it spoke Wednesday about the incident and detailed how she planned the meal.Prosecutors...
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Why Denmark’s left (not the far right) got tough on immigration
BBCThink, Denmark. Images of sleek, impossibly chic Copenhagen, the capital, might spring to mind. As well as a sense of a liberal, open society. That is the Scandinavian cliché.But when it comes to migration, Denmark has taken a dramatically...
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Assam: ‘I was pushed across the border into Bangladesh at gunpoint’
Arunoday MukharjiBBC NewsPritam Roy/BBCIn Morigaon, around 167km from Barpeta, Rita Khatun sat near a table which had a pile of papers on it.Her husband Khairul Islam, a 51-year-old school teacher, was in the same group as Ms Banu that...
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US vetoes UN security council Gaza ceasefire resolution
The US has vetoed the UN Security Council's draft resolution calling for an "unconditional and permanent" ceasefire in Gaza.The other 14 members voted in favour of the document, which also demanded the release of all hostages and the lifting...
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3 World War II bombs defused in a German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war
Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war.The bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for...
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Miguel Uribe Turbay: Colombia presidential candidate shot in head
A Colombian presidential candidate has been shot and seriously injured at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota.Miguel Uribe...