{A Paris court has handed former French President Nicolas Sarkozy a one-year prison sentence after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing of his failed 2012 re-election bid.}

{Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the country’s presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army.}

{Provisional results announced on the state TV show that the 77-year-old incumbent president will extend his 36-year rule.}

{Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as president on Friday, after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness.}

{Agreement to enable Theresa May's Conservative Party to govern the country despite losing its majority in parliament.} Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have signed a deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) that will allow them to govern Britain after losing their majority in a general election earlier this month. The Conservatives have 317 […]

{Tokyo-based car-components manufacturer is facing lawsuits and costs over airbag defect linked to at least 16 deaths.} Takata, the Japanese car-parts manufacturer, says it has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the US after faults in its airbags prompted the industry's biggest ever safety recall. Takata is facing lawsuits and huge costs over an […]

{Protesters drape black flag over a symbolic statue days before visit by Xi Jinping marking 20 years since the handover.} Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have draped a black flag over a statue symbolising the city's return to China by Britain, just days before a visit by President Xi Jinping to mark 20 years since the […]

{Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas on LGBT activists who attempted to hold march in defiance of ban by authorities.} Turkish police have prevented LGBT activists from holding a parade in downtown Istanbul, organisers said, as small groups attempted to defy a ban by the local authorities. The Istanbul governorship on Saturday prohibited the […]

{Defence minister says Ankara has no plans to review ties with Qatar, after Arab states issue demands to end Gulf crisis.} Turkey has rejected a call from four Arab countries to shut down its military base in Qatar, saying the base was a guarantor of security in the Gulf and demands for its closure represented […]

{UK police may consider manslaughter charges after finding tower cladding failed safety tests in blaze that killed 79.} A fire that engulfed a London tower block killing at least 79 people earlier this month started in a fridge-freezer, London police said while adding that cladding on the building failed all safety tests. Police said that […]