The US has about 700 personnel in the country targeting al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.

The court said Karl-Heinz Grasser received kickbacks in return for information on property sales.

Billy Joe Saunders beats Martin Murray in an all-British world title fight to retain his WBO super-middleweight crown.

Pep Guardiola believes this season's Premier League title race will be more open than in previous campaigns, with his Manchester City side now fourth in the table after a comfortable win over Fulham.

This is what happened to Lebanon's only cruise ship, which was docked in the explosion's epicentre.

Nineteen-year-old Abhiir Bhalla has campaigned against air pollution in Delhi most of his life.

A reconnaissance flight in the South Atlantic obtains spectacular imagery of the giant iceberg A68a.

EU and UK negotiators call in leaders in last ditch effort to secure a trade deal.

A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.

Christian Picciolini became a Nazi skinhead as a teenager but now he fights extremism.

Hundreds of people are having long, often painful surgery to extend their legs. Is it worth the risk?

Many of Europe's ski slopes will be closed, but the Swiss and Austrians have made their own plans.

Venezuelans are to pick a new National Assembly, but there's little in the way of enthusiasm.

After a deep dive into their reporting, Stuff found their coverage of Maori issues had been racist.

"It is really scary. It is really difficult," a resident of the Tigray capital, Mekelle, shouts down the line.

A seven-year-old boy fell from the Twister ride at Lightwater Valley in May last year.

State TV says 18 miners are dead and five others missing in the south-west Chongqing municipality.

Sports shirts worn by the former president and the Chicago Bulls star were auctioned in Los Angeles.

The airline's sale of surplus stock - crockery, blankets, slippers - sparked delight and dismay.

The man is being held under quarantine in a hospital in the Jamaican capital, Kingston.

Tottenham and England defender Eric Dier discusses being top of the league, working with Jose Mourinho and creating his own app.