The US has identified the Russian agents behind alleged hacking ahead of the presidential election won by Donald Trump in November, reports say. The agents, whose names have not been released, are alleged to have sent stolen Democratic emails to ...

US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to "grow up" and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community. On Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in the US presidential election - claims he has ...

US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to "grow up" and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community. On Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in the US presidential election - claims he has ...

Turkey has arrested a number of people of Uighur origin over a deadly nightclub attack that killed 39, the state-run news agency reports. Those detained are believed to have come from China's Xinjiang region with ties to the attacker, Anadolu says.

Four people have been arrested in the US city of Chicago over a video live-streamed on Facebook, in which a bound and gagged man was assaulted. The man being assaulted has special needs, police say. His assailants can be heard making derogatory ...

For one minister - an enthusiast for Brexit - it was very simple: "You're either on board, or you're not. He wasn't. We move on." The minister sounded rather cheerful. So, Sir Ivan Rogers had gone because his face didn't fit. Now the way was clear for ...

Turkey and Russia have agreed on the terms of a proposed ceasefire in Syria, where they back opposing sides in the civil war, Turkish state media report. The Anadolu news agency cited an unnamed source as saying the two states were working to ensure ...

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has visited the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, where he offered "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the victims of Japan's attack on the base 75 years ago. "We must never repeat the horrors of war again, this is the solemn ...

The flight data recorder of the Russian military airliner which crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been recovered and brought to Moscow. The Tu-154 jet came down with the loss of all 92 passengers and crew. At least 12 bodies have been recovered so ...

The flight data recorder of the Russian military airliner which crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been found, Russian officials say. It is the first "black box" to be found from the Tu-154 jet, which came down with the loss of all 92 passengers ...

The flight data recorder of the Russian military airliner which crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been found, Russian officials say. It is the first "black box" to be found from the Tu-154 jet, which came down with the loss of all 92 passengers ...

At least five people have died and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana's capital, Accra, according to local media. The explosion had been caused by "irresponsible human error", the National Petroleum Authority, (NPA) said.

At least five people have died and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana's capital, Accra, according to local media. The explosion had been caused by "irresponsible human error", the National Petroleum Authority, (NPA) said.

At least five people have died and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana's capital, Accra, according to local media. The explosion had been caused by "irresponsible human error", the National Petroleum Authority, (NPA) said.

At least five people have died and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana's capital, Accra, according to local media. The explosion had been caused by "irresponsible human error", the National Petroleum Authority, (NPA) said.

At least five people have died and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana's capital, Accra, according to local media. The explosion had been caused by "irresponsible human error", the National Petroleum Authority, (NPA) said.

Moscow is sending investigators to Turkey after a policeman shot dead Russia's ambassador in Ankara. Mevlut Mert Aydintas shot Andrei Karlov as he gave a speech on Monday, apparently in protest at Russia's involvement in Aleppo. It was not clear if the ...

German police are questioning a man they believe ploughed a lorry into a busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver is an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, according to security sources cited by DPA ...

An IL-18 plane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crash-landed in Siberia, injuring 38 people. Weather conditions were poor and reports said the plane may have been hit by a strong crosswind. The plane was carrying 39 people from the town of ...

President Barack Obama has said that he ordered Russia's Vladimir Putin to "cut it out" in a conversation about email hacking ahead of the US election. Implying that the Russian president knew about the hacks, Mr Obama said: "Not much happens in Russia ...