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US President Donald Trump has fired CQ Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking officer in the country, as part of a major shake-up of top military leadership

Independent Namibia's firs president, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's current leader has announced

Acrobatic catches and thumping hits are why American football fans watch the Super Bowl but for others the non-sporting spectacle is much more interesting

A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of the paper's billionaire owner Jeff Bezos

The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to the BBC

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have led tributes to former US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100