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 ...

US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. "We need to take action and we will," he told US radio station NPR. Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the ...

More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo, officials say. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the full evacuation of civilians and rebels is ...

More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo, officials say. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the full evacuation of civilians and rebels is ...

An operation to evacuate a rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo is now under way. The Red Cross said it was bringing out 200 wounded people, while a fleet of ambulances and buses began a wider evacuation of rebels and civilians.

Hopes have risen that the evacuation of rebel-held parts of Aleppo will now begin soon, following statements by rebel and pro-government sources. Rebel fighters and civilians in the Syrian city had been due to leave early on Wednesday, but a truce ...

The bombing of the last parts of Aleppo held by rebels is probably a war crime, the UN's human rights chief says. A deal to evacuate rebel fighters and civilians from eastern Aleppo has stalled, with heavy shelling reported. Syrian activists say air ...

The planned evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from devastated eastern Aleppo has been delayed. Government buses have been brought in but none have left yet, reports say. The Syrian government is said to be demanding the simultaneous ...

The planned evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from devastated eastern Aleppo has been delayed. Government buses have been brought in but none have left yet, reports say. The Syrian government is said to be demanding the simultaneous ...

Military action has ended in eastern Aleppo, Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has said. He said Syrian government troops had re-established control over the last areas of the city held by rebels. He said an arrangement had been made for ...

Military action has ended in eastern Aleppo, Russia's ambassador to the UN has said. Vitaly Churkin said the government had re-established control over the last areas of the city held by rebels. The announcement, if confirmed, brings to an end more ...

A deal has been agreed for Syrian rebel fighters to leave enclaves they still hold in eastern Aleppo, Russia's ambassador to the UN has said. It is not clear whether the deal applies to civilians, thousands of whom are trapped in the besieged areas ...

China says it is "seriously concerned" after President-elect Donald Trump expressed doubts about continuing to abide by the "One China" policy. Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which China sees as a ...

Two explosions near a football stadium in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and injured 166. Saturday evening's blasts - a car bombing and a suicide bombing - targeted police, officials say. They occurred two hours after a match ...

The African Union has described as "null and avoid" Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's rejection of the results of last week's election. The US and neighbouring Senegal also criticised the statement. Mr Jammeh had initially admitted defeat by his rival ...

The political scandal engulfing South Korea has culminated in Park Geun-hye's impeachment but according to one account, it all started with an argument over a puppy. The BBC's Tessa Wong unravels an outlandish series of events. With his good looks and ...

There were no survivors when a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 48 people on board crashed in the north of country, officials have said. Flight PK-661 went down on its way from Chitral to Islamabad. All on board, including the famous ...

There have been long queues at polling stations in Ghana amid a tight election race between President John Mahama and veteran opposition leader Nana Akufo Addo. All seven candidates have pledged to keep the process peaceful but an opposition ...

There have been long queues at polling stations in Ghana amid a tight election race between President John Mahama and veteran opposition leader Nana Akufo Addo. All seven candidates have pledged to keep the process peaceful but an opposition ...

News has travelled the world that an organised gang based in Ghana ran a fake embassy selling real US visas for $6,000 (£4,700) for "about a decade". How did they get away with it for so long? The US State Department says Ghanaian and Turkish ...