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Many people have been killed or seriously injured in terrorist attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station, Belgium’s PM says. Two blasts hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, and another struck Maelbeek metro station an hour later. The government has not confirmed casualty numbers. Brussels transport officials say 15 died at Maelbeek and media say up ...

A lawyer for prominent Chinese columnist Jia Jia, who went missing last week, has confirmed he has been detained by Beijing police. Yan Xin said police had told him that Mr Jia was taken away at the airport last week, before boarding a flight to Hong Kong. Mr Jia is said to be linked to a letter calling for the ...

The FBI says it may have found a way to unlock the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone without Apple’s assistance. A court hearing with Apple scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed at the request of the US Justice Department (DOJ), Apple has confirmed. The DOJ had ordered Apple to help unlock the phone used by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook. But ...

Cuban President Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama sparred over human rights issues including the American prison at Guantanamo Bay and Cuba’s political prisoners. At a historic news conference, Mr Castro said if he was given a list of political prisoners, he would “release them tonight”. The White House has said it has given Cuba lists of dissidents in ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won historic elections in Myanmar, is to take a place in the new cabinet. Ms Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency herself and had been widely expected not to take a ministry. But her name was on a list of 18 submitted to parliament by President-elect Htin Kyaw. The BBC’s Jonah Fisher in ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has revealed the first members of his foreign policy team. The advisers include academics and former military officers with expertise on the Middle East and energy issues. Mr Trump told the Washington Post that he would name more advisers in the coming days. Several of his advisers have served as experts for other Republican presidential ...

Thousands of Indonesian taxi drivers have brought parts of the capital, Jakarta, to a standstill in a protest against transport apps. The drivers say ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Grab have made it impossible for them to earn a living in the heavily congested city. Some protesters were seen attacking vehicles and threatening others drivers not taking part in ...

21 March, 2016 The Kenyan military said today it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend. Military spokesman David Obonyo said two Kenyan soldiers were also killed and five others wounded when Shebab militants staged an ambush in Afmadhow, southern Somalia, on Saturday afternoon. “21 Shebab militants were killed,” Obonyo said, during what he ...

21 March, 2016 President Barack Obama arrives in Cuba on Sunday for a 48-hour visit, making history by venturing into what was once enemy territory and sparking enthusiasm among Cubans who have seen their Communist government vilify 10 previous US leaders. The visit, the first by a US president in 88 years, would have been unthinkable until Obama and Cuban ...

Boris Johnson has responded to a report that almost a quarter of women working in London earn less than the living wage by blaming immigrants. Twenty-four per cent of women who work in the capital earned less than the London Living Wage (LLW) of £9.15 last year, compared to 17 per cent of men. This figure has increased by 19 ...