A spree of suspicious packages and pipe bombs have been sent to opponents of Donald Trump as he lashed out at the media for stirring up "anger"
Both Democrats remain two of the most high-profile political figures in the US, which goes to the polls on November 6 in key midterm elections
The now frail 80-year-old could spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted at his retrial for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand.
Legendary talk show host David Letterman ended his 33-year career with a show that featured the likes of President Barack Obama and Jerry Seinfeld.
The United Nations warned on Monday that up to 3,5-million children were at risk from water-borne diseases in Pakistan’s floods.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Pakistan on Sunday to visit areas ravaged by floods and urged the world to speed up aid.
Troop numbers are building and the threat of war looms over Abyei in Sudan. Khartoum’s two ruling coalition partners are at loggerheads over what the mainly Muslim north interprets as the rival Christian and animist south’s unilateral dispatch of one of its own to administer the area, without presidential approval.
Cash-flow problems and logistic headaches are blighting preparations for Sudan’s census, a cornerstone of the fragile peace ending a devastating civil war and paving the way for key elections. The largest civic exercise in national history will go ahead from April 15 to 30 despite complaints about disorganisation.
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Iraqis voted on Thursday in a landmark poll to choose a four-year government that many hope will restore security to a nation wracked by violence and sectarian feuding since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Despite blanket security, one man was killed in a grenade attack in the northern city of Mosul.