A power outage at the Department of Agriculture created massive upheaval last week. It had nothing to do with talks to end the ongoing row over beef prices, Brexit or climate change.
US President Donald Trump would love nothing more than to announce an end to the trade war with China and relief for his country's farmers, who have been hit especially hard - but history is likely to get in the way.
Newly-appointed EU Commissioner Phil Hogan believes inroads could be made as early this week in Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU.
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a possible mutual defence treaty between the two nations, a move that could bolster Netanyahu's re-election bid just days before Israelis go to the polls.
Hamza Bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, Donald Trump confirmed yesterday.
Yemeni rebels yesterday launched drone strikes on two Saudi Arabian oil installations including the world's biggest processing facility.
Jim Leavelle, who has died aged 99, was the detective escorting Lee Harvey Oswald when, in a moment immortalised in photographs, the suspected assassin of President Kennedy was himself fatally shot as he left Dallas police headquarters.
