US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said he needs to speak with his Turkish counterpart to understand how serious President Tayyip Erdogan was when he said he could shut down the Incirlik air base, which hosts US nuclear warheads.
On the eve of his expected impeachment in the US House of Representatives, President Donald Trump accused Democrats of pursuing an "illegal, partisan attempted coup" and declaring "open war" on American democracy as they seek to remove him from office for pressing Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden.
Hundreds of thousands joined a final national protest yesterday before Christmas against pension reform in France as President Emmanuel Macron's government pledged "total determination" to see the overhaul through.
A fresh inquest into the death of a nine-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack will examine the role of the UK government as it looks at whether pollution "caused or contributed" to her death.
A small group of US President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is launching a super political action committee (PAC) designed to fight Mr Trump's re-election and punish congressional Republicans deemed his "enablers."
Pakistan's former military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf has been sentenced to death for suspending the constitution during his rule, setting up another clash between Pakistan's judges and the military.
Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford complained of "ice-cold" prison showers and was shown a lack of humanity and dignity in his dying months, his daughter has told an inquest.
