Putin, Trump to normalise US-Russia ties
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on the phone on Monday and agreed on the need to normalise ties between Washington and Moscow.
15 November 2016 07:10
Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul
With pressure building on the 10th day of the Mosul assault, Western defence chiefs were already looking ahead to the next target -- IS's other major stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
27 October 2016 11:21
Trump gets booed as he and Clinton trade biting jokes
Taking a break from the nastiest campaign in recent memory, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came together Thursday for a New York white-tie soiree intended to bring some levity just weeks before the November 8 vote.
Kyrgyzstan's president backs referendum on constitution
Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev supported proposed constitutional changes that would limit the power of his office while expanding the mandate of the prime minister.