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The current outbreak of the deadly virus in the DRC has been called the most complex public health emergency in history. Peter Beaumont describes his recent visit to the DRC and Sarah Boseley discusses how the 2014 outbr...

Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify in open session before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17.       

The White House aide should educate the public on why she thinks a law prohibiting partisan activities by federal employees is unjust.

An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is needed to bring lasting investment to the Middle East region, the International Monetary Fund's head said on Wednesday.

R. Kelly and his lawyers were back in court in Chicago on Wednesday on the 18 felony sexual-assault charges pending against him.       

The Massachusetts motor vehicles chief has resigned amid revelations that the trucker charged in the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire was able to keep his commercial driver's license despite being busted fo...

The president spoke out against Jerome Powell, whom he has been at odds with over the chairman's raising of interest rates Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.16pm BST A Senate hearing on the "unprece...

Dog walker discovered 13-year-old schoolgirl's body in woodland in Southampton A dog walker who discovered the schoolgirl Lucy McHugh's body after she had been stabbed to death said she looked like she was asleep, a jury...

WorldPride, the annual LGBTQ celebration,is in New York this year — and LGBTQ people of all stripes are making the global trek.       

​President Trump said “it never ends” in reaction to news that special counsel Robert Mueller would appear before two House committees next month to testify about his Russia investigation. “Well, my reaction is t...

Families say failures may have led to chances being missed to prevent terrorist attack The families of those killed in the London Bridge terrorist attack have asked a judge to find that "unreasonable failures" by MI5 and...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Vice President Mike Pence is "100%" his 2020 running mate after a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed urged him to replace Pence with former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki...

One is solidly Republican and will stay that way; the other leans Democratic. And then there are the in-betweeners.

Boris Johnson says the UK must leave on 31 October but Jeremy Hunt calls this a "fake deadline".

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said on Tuesday its acting commissioner is resigning as House Democrats passed a $4.5 billion funding package to ease a migrant surge that has subjected children detain...

The co-captain of the US Women's soccer team balked at the idea of visiting the White House if her team wins the World Cup, saying she wouldn't "f—–g" go. Megan Rapinoe made the declaration during an interview Tuesda...

Prime Minister Abiy in tears as the country holds state funeral for military generals killed during coup bid.

A photo of a man and his young daughter who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border symbolizes the failure to deal with their desperation, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday.

Candidates speak out about image of a Salvadoran father and his daughter, who were found dead at the US-Mexico border Shocking photo of drowned father and daughter highlights migrants' border peril The Democratic preside...

Lee Pomeroy, 51, was stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds by Darren Pencille, 36, court hears Jurors have watched video of a "quick and frenzied" fatal attack on a train passenger. Lee Pomeroy, a 51-year-old IT consultant, was...

The Supreme Court ruled that even sex offenders deserve to have the reasons for their sentences determinedby a jury, not a judge.       

The House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed a $4.5 billion bill to aid migrants, with a vote of 230-195. Last week, lawyers reported on the "deplorable" conditions at a Border Patrol facility in Texas housing mi...