A Ugandan author who wrote critical comments about President Yoweri Museveni’s son has been charged with offensive communications. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija's lawyer says he was tortured in detention.  Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Award-winning writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija appeared before a court Tuesday and was charged with ... Read More

Joe Biden US President Joe Biden has called for a historic change to Senate rules as he seeks to overhaul the country's election laws. In an impassioned speech, he said he supported changes that would allow his voting reforms to be passed ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, expressing his concern about ongoing hostilities in the country and recent airstrikes that killed dozens of civilians in the Tigray region. The White House said ... Read More

The centre-left politician and former journalist became European Parliament president in 2019 European Parliament President David Sassoli has died at the age of 65, his spokesman says. The Italian former journalist and centre-left politician had been seriously ill for more than two ... Read More

Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, attends an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 15, 2020. Mali's military government on Monday responded to West African sanctions by closing its borders and withdrawing ... Read More

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday he plans to ask European officials to consider treating COVID-19 more like an endemic illness — a regularly occurring milder disease like the flu — and move away from the detailed tracking system ... Read More

Vladimir Putin - Russia President The U.S. and Russia have launched "frank and forthright" discussions aimed at de-escalating tensions between the two powers as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to station an estimated 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, the White ... Read More

Surgeon Bartley P. Griffith pictured with David Bennett earlier this month A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental ... Read More

Queen Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace has unveiled the full line-up of celebrations to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this year. Street parties, a concert with some of the world's "biggest entertainment stars" and a chance to see the Queen's homes up close ... Read More

Mali's military government proposed in December a 5-year extension of the transition to civilian rule, after originally agreeing to a period of 18 months. Protesters gathered Saturday in Bamako to call for a return to democracy, ahead of an ECOWAS ... Read More