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RnB singer Akon says his much-delayed plans for Akon City - an African metropolis on the Senegalese coast - are "100,000% moving".

Some 200 million Americans are feeling the icy grip of a massive winter storm that has been linked to at least 12 deaths ahead of the holiday weekend.

California to be hotter and drier as icy winds blast eastern US with freezing temperatures and snow squalls

Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion.

A major winter storm sweeping the US this week may bring the coldest Christmas in four decades to parts of the country, say forecasters.

During Zelensky's visit, the US is set to approve the delivery of advanced Patriot missile systems to Ukraine.

The Arizona senator explains why she has left the Democratic Party.

The Russian was exchanged for basketball player Brittney Griner, after spending more than a decade behind bars in the US

Jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner has been freed by Russia in a prison swap deal.

Democrats have cemented their control of the US Senate by winning a bitterly fought seat in Georgia, according to projections.

Finnish PM Sanna Marin has said Europe is "not strong enough" to stand up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on its own, and has had to rely on US support.

Trump was reinstated after more than 15 million people voted in a Twitter poll posted by Musk

A missile has detonated in Poland killing two people, now analysts have revealed what would need to happen to trigger a wider war across Europe.

Catherine Cortez Masto re-elected after beating Republican challenger Adam Laxalt

Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as the simmering rivalry between the two top Republicans boiled over.

He may have departed the White House but the figure of Donald Trump still looms large over US politics. With another presidential run in the pipeline, how did the midterm results affect him?

Republicans – and Trump - emerge from election with unexpected bruises in surprisingly close fight

Brittney Griner, convicted for possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil, was transferred out of a detention centre last Friday, her legal team said.

Zelenskyy's demands, including return of all of Ukraine's occupied lands, appear to be non-starters for Moscow

“The show of force” followed intelligence reports alleging that Tehran was planning to attack Saudi Arabia, the paper says