International

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to unveil plans to significantly increase deportations of failed asylum seekers. The measures include allowing access to asylum seekers' phones and Sim cards to verify their identities and…

The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government's bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab camp and forcibly repatriate about 260,000 Somali refugees living there was issued last year. Read…

Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence. It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir Putin. Read more:…

US President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at "so political" courts, as his immigration travel ban faces a major legal test. Mr Trump told a gathering of police chiefs in Washington DC that he has the right to enact his executive order.…

The government has seen off an attempt to add conditions to its Brexit bill as a Conservative rebellion was avoided. MPs rejected a bid by Labour's Chris Leslie to force the government to consult Parliament on the deal struck with the EU…

US President Donald Trump has accused the media of under-reporting terror attacks, and produced a list to back up his claim. Is he right? While on a visit to US Central Command, a wing of the Department of Defense, he warned of the…

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he would be "strongly opposed" to US President Donald Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK. Mr Bercow told MPs that "opposition to racism and sexism"…

Donald Trump says he is defending the United States from terrorism - but a "so-called judge" is "making the job very difficult". But the judge - in halting the president's controversial executive order on immigration - said he was making…

The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on Iran following its recent ballistic missile test. The US Treasury Department announced the measures against 13 people and a dozen companies on Friday. Read more:…

Several institutions in Norway have been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to Russia, the security service (PST) has warned. The Labour Party, defence and foreign ministries and the security service itself were among those hit,…

The White House has said a raid in Yemen on an al-Qaeda stronghold that likely killed civilians was a "very thought-out process". As many as 23 civilians were killed in the raid on a village in Yakla district on Saturday, including 10…

Prosecutors in France have widened their investigation into the financial affairs of the centre-right presidential candidate, Francois Fillon, to include payments made to two of his children. He has become mired in a scandal surrounding…

Democrats on the US Senate Finance Committee are boycotting votes for two of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, forcing a postponement. They said they wanted more information about the financial activities of health nominee Tom…

France's centre-right presidential candidate, Francois Fillon, has been hit by further allegations on the day that anti-corruption police raided his office in parliament. Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine said last week that his wife…

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have reaffirmed their commitment to the Nato alliance after White House talks. Mrs May confirmed Mr Trump was "100% in favour of Nato" despite the president's recent…