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The UK government is considering inviting US President-elect Donald Trump for a state visit, Downing Street has said. The Republican, who beat Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the election earlier this month, is due to take office on 20…

Donald Trump has named more conservative hardliners for key posts, with Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions nominated as attorney general. Mr Sessions, a former prosecutor, was turned down for a federal judgeship in 1986 because of alleged…

President-elect Donald Trump has named longtime ally US Senator Jeff Sessions to become his attorney general. But allegations of racism that have dogged Mr Sessions' career could make for an uncomfortable Senate confirmation hearing.…

US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in his team. Mr Trump tweeted that the process of selecting his new cabinet and other positions was "very…

The mayor of a town in the US state of West Virginia has resigned after she was caught up in a controversy over racist comments about Michelle Obama. Beverly Whaling had appeared to applaud a Facebook post referring to Mrs Obama as an…

Donald Trump says he could have won the popular vote against Hillary Clinton if he had campaigned differently. With one state left to count, Mrs Clinton has nearly a million more votes than him but lost last week's election due to the…

Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been charged with taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover. Investigators said he received a $2m (£1.6m) payment. The minister pleaded not guilty to the charge. Read more:…

Hillary Clinton, the defeated presidential candidate, says US President-elect Donald Trump must be given a chance to lead. Appearing in public for the first time since conceding defeat, the Democrat said she hoped Mr Trump would be a…

Russia's defence ministry has said two of its navy destroyers have forced away a Dutch submarine to stop it spying on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean. The sub was 20km (12 miles) away from the Admiral Kuznetsov at the time of…

Russia's defence ministry has said two of its navy destroyers have forced away a Dutch submarine to stop it spying on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean. The sub was 20km (12 miles) away from the Admiral Kuznetsov at the time of the…

Hillary Clinton, the defeated presidential candidate, says US President-elect Donald Trump must be given a chance to lead. Appearing in public for the first time since conceding defeat, the Democrat said she hoped Mr Trump would be a…

Three US military trainers have been shot dead in an exchange of fire at an air base in Jordan, a US official says. One was killed at the base and two others died later in hospital. Read more:…

Iraqi government forces have battled their way into another suburb of Mosul, the northern city held for more two years by the Islamic State (IS) group. Troops broke through IS defences and reached the eastern district of al-Zahra, which…

More than 200 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta…

Smoking leaves an "archaeological record" of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered. Having sequenced thousands of tumour genomes, they found a 20-a-day smoker would rack up an average of 150 mutations in every…