President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal (TPP). The trade pact, which was a linchpin of former President Barack Obama's pivot to Asia, was signed by 12 nations and covered 40% of the ...

The Syrian government's lead negotiator has denounced what he called his rebel counterpart's "provocative" comments at the start of peace talks in Astana. Bashar Jaafari said Mohammed Alloush had acted in a way "removed from diplomacy" at the indirect ...

For such a divisive figure, Donald Trump managed to unify hundreds of thousands of Americans at the Women's March on Washington. Moments after Mr Trump was sworn in as the 45th president no Friday, he delivered a thundering speech in which he ...

Up to 200,000 protesters are gathering for a "Women's March on Washington", part of a global day of protests against US President Donald Trump. The rally is one of more than 600 expected worldwide on Mr Trump's first full day in office. The aim is to ...

The Gambia's leader Yahya Jammeh is to step down and leave the country, officials involved in negotiations say. West African mediators spent several hours with Mr Jammeh on Friday, negotiating his future. The motorcade carrying the presidents of Guinea ...

West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia. Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional forces. Troops have ...

West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia. Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional forces. Troops have ...

West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia. Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional forces. Troops have ...

Donald Trump has pledged to unify America as he addressed cheering supporters at a concert on the eve of his presidential inauguration. Speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, the president-elect also promised to bring change.

Rescuers have removed three bodies from a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy as a desperate search for up to 35 other people continues. Heavy snow and disruption caused by multiple earthquakes have hindered rescue efforts in the rubble of ...

A Scottish tourists has spoken of her anxiety about being stuck in The Gambia amid fears of unrest in the country. Arlene Robertson from Glasgow arrived in The Gambia for a two-week holiday on Tuesday and is currently holed up in a hotel with one other ...

A Scottish tourists has spoken of her anxiety about being stuck in The Gambia amid fears of unrest in the country. Arlene Robertson from Glasgow arrived in The Gambia for a two-week holiday on Tuesday and is currently holed up in a hotel with one other ...

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to stream into Washington on 20 January to watch as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th US president. All eyes will be on the US Capitol as Mr Trump formally replaces President Barack ...

President Barack Obama has defended his decision to free Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning, 29 years before her scheduled release. He told his final news conference that "justice has been served". Manning was sentenced to 35 years for leaking ...

President Barack Obama has defended his decision to free Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning, 29 years before her scheduled release. He told his final news conference that "justice has been served". Manning was sentenced to 35 years for leaking ...

The Gambia's parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh's term, which is due to end on Thursday following his defeat in elections, by 90 days. It also approved his decision to declare a 90-day state of emergency in the tiny West African state.

US President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release.

Theresa May has said the UK will emerge from Brexit as a "great, global trading nation", becoming "safer, more secure and more prosperous". But in April - before the EU referendum - the then home secretary gave a speech warning of the implications of a ...

Other countries are "queuing up" to sign trade deals with the UK once it leaves the EU, Boris Johnson has said. The foreign secretary also said the UK would not be "hauling up the drawbridge" despite new migration controls promised by Theresa May.

President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was ...