A report into the experiences of more than 1,000 women said there was 'tremendous resilience from women overcoming the entrenched obstacles to their progress'. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email

Kim Jong-un said the launches were a training exercise for an attack on US military bases in Japan. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...

Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Wednesday in an attempt to reset the terms of, and the legal fight over, his January order to indefinitely ban Syrian refugees and temporarily ban all other refugees and travel from seven predominantly ...

Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Wednesday in an attempt to reset the terms of, and the legal fight over, his January order to indefinitely ban Syrian refugees and temporarily ban all other refugees and travel from seven predominantly ...

A woman in Seoul walks past a television broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing ballistic missiles. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share ...

A woman in Seoul walks past a television broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing ballistic missiles. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share ...

James Comey, the director of the FBI, has reportedly asked the US justice department to publicly reject claims made by Donald Trump that Barack Obama ordered his phones to be tapped during the 2016 election campaign. Comey made the request on ...

Francois Fillon in Nimes on Thursday. He denies wrongdoing and told a rally 'the French people back me'. Photograph: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn ...

Putin's man in Washington is usually far from view. Now he's at the center of a storm that brought down a key Trump ally and threatens another. Sergey Kislyak has been described as a soft-spoken man whose abundant charm gives way to firmness in ...

Emmanuel Macron says he will end nepotism and conflict of interests in French politics. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest ...

House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, has called for the US attorney general to resign over his links to Russia. Will he? Jeff Sessions did not disclose the conversations when asked under oath during his Senate confirmation hearing. Photograph: Jim Lo ...

Peers who backed an amendment to the Brexit bill to guarantee the rights of EU citizens have urged Conservative MPs in the House of Commons to support the change when the bill returns. Theresa May's government has vowed to overturn a demand by the ...

Donald Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress on 28 February that hinged on the theme of 'American greatness'. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options

All presidents deserve the respect that belongs to the office of the commander-in-chief. Even orange ones who trash the media, hide their business interests from public view, and shower golden words on Russian foes. Yes, even Donald Trump deserves ...

Donald Trump will address both houses of Congress after a dizzying first 40 days in office marked by protests, diplomatic flare-ups and questions about his administration's ties to Russia. Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/ Pool/EPA. Share on Facebook · Share ...

Lee Jae-yong has run Samsung since his father suffered a heart attack in 2014. Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest · Share on Google+ ...

A composite image released by police in Malaysia of Doan Thi Huong (left) and Siti Aisyah (right), suspects in the death of Kim Jong-nam. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options

Women and children making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and starved in “living hellholes” in Libya, the United Nations children's agency, Unicef, has said. Children are being sexually ...

A resurgence of anti-immigrant violence has sparked outrage in other African countries and spurred calls for more to be done to stamp out xenophobia. Residents of Mamelodi and Atteridgeville took to the streets last week to protest against the presence ...

A resurgence of anti-immigrant violence has sparked outrage in other African countries and spurred calls for more to be done to stamp out xenophobia. Residents of Mamelodi and Atteridgeville took to the streets last week to protest against the presence ...