Trump to set new executive orders on environment, energy this week
"This builds on previous executive actions that have cleared the way for job-creating pipelines, innovations in energy production, and reduced unnecessary burden on energy producers"
U.S. watching piracy increase off Somalia, sees ties to famine
"We're not ready to say there is a trend there yet but we'll continue to watch"
Italy prosecutor says rescue boats in contact with people smugglers
NGOs, including Save the Children, Proactiva Open Arms and SOS Mediterranee, have rejected the accusations
Pope likens migrant holding centres to "concentration camps"
Francis praised countries helping refugees and thanked them for "bearing this extra burden, because it seems that international accords are more important than human rights"
March for Science draws big crowds, clever signs across U.S.
March for Science is the latest in a series of national demonstrations that have been staged since Trump's inauguration nearly 100 days ago
Mourning declared after scores of troops die in Afghan base attack
Officials, speaking anonymously, say at least 140 killed
Hundreds more join Mosul exodus as Iraqi forces retake another western district
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped in western Mosul
Pence says United States will honour refugee deal with Australia
Up to 1,250 asylum seekers to resettle in United States
Death toll in Afghan base attack rises to 140, officials say
Taliban fighters dressed in Afghan army uniforms talked their way onto the base and opened fire on soldiers eating dinner and leaving a mosque after Friday prayers
Taliban kill dozens at army HQ in northern Afghanistan
The attack was launched near a mosque on the base in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, as soldiers were leaving Friday prayers