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Ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has been found guilty on five tax fraud charges at his trial in Virginia. He was also convicted on one count of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts, and two bank fraud charges. Read more:…

At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The children were travelling on a bus that was hit at a market in Dahyan, in the…

The US is to impose sanctions on Russia after determining that it used nerve agent against former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK in March. The move was announced on Wednesday by the US state department. READ MORE:…

Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will be a leader for all Zimbabweans in a call for unity after rows broke out over his election victory. The president appealed for peace and promised an independent investigation into the military after six…

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has told the BBC illegal construction contributed to one of the country's worst-ever wildfire disasters. He said building by residents between wooded areas was a "crime" that had resulted in blocking…

The US and EU have agreed to avoid an all-out trade war and work to lower tariffs, in talks that US President Donald Trump hailed as "a very strong understanding". He and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker announced a "new…

Survivors of the wildfires that have killed at least 74 people in Greece have described how they were forced into the sea by a blaze that "struck like a flamethrower". "The flames were chasing us all the way to the water," said one…

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing in flooding following the collapse of an under-construction dam in south-east Laos. Workers found the hydroelectric dam in Attapeu province was partially damaged on…

US President Donald Trump says he is ready to intensify his trade war with China by slapping tariffs on all $500bn of imports from the country. "I'm ready to go to 500," he said in an interview with the CNBC channel. READ MORE:…

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has raided a space research facility after a suspected leak of hypersonic missile secrets to Western spies. The state space agency Roskosmos said its security staff were co-operating with FSB…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rounded on US critics of his first summit with President Donald Trump. Certain forces in the US wanted to sacrifice US-Russian ties for their "narrow party interests", he told a meeting of Russian…

Police are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury in March, according to reports. Several Russians were involved in the attempted murder of Sergei…

The 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand last week have spoken publicly of their ordeal for the first time, describing the "moment of miracle" when divers found them. Adul Sam-on, 14, the only member of the group who…

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at "haters" who condemned his meeting with Russia's president. On Twitter, Mr Trump said his critics were suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome". READ MORE:…

There has been a barrage of criticism in the US after President Donald Trump defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. At a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland, Mr Trump contradicted US…