Image copyright AFP Image caption Philip Roth was presented with the National Humanities Medal by then President Barack Obama in 2011 One of the great American authors, Philip Roth, has died aged 85.The Pulitzer, National Book Award and Man Booker International Prize-winning novelist's work drew its inspiration from Jewish family life, sex and American ideals.…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Wrapped in the Pakistani flag, Sabika Sheikh's coffin was taken to the funeral service The funeral of a Pakistani student killed in last week's Texas school shooting has taken place in Karachi.Sabika Sheikh, who was 17, was among the eight students and two teachers killed in the attack in Santa…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Nicolás Maduro celebrates his victory alongside his wife Cilia Flores Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has won re-election to another six-year term, in a vote marred by an opposition boycott and claims of vote-rigging.Amid food shortages stemming from a severe economic crisis, just 46% of the electorate turned out to vote.The…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Janet is the first black woman to win the Billboard Icon Prize Janet Jackson made her stance on the #MeToo movement clear as she won the Icon prize at the Billboard awards."I believe that, for all of our challenges, we live at a glorious moment in history," she said. "At…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe plane came down in a field near Havana's main airport More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed near Cuba's main airport in Havana, the country's worst air disaster in decades.Three women were pulled alive from the wreckage, but are said to…
A Boeing 737 airliner has crashed and exploded in the Cuban capital of Havana, soon after take off.
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWas Trump's Stormy Daniels payment legal? US President Donald Trump has officially disclosed his reimbursement to his lawyer, who paid a porn star to hush up her claims of an affair.The Office of Government Ethics found on Wednesday that Mr Trump ought to have revealed the payment…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Twenty-three people are known to have died The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly hard to control. Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of a million people about 130km…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGaza's deadliest day of violence in years Funerals are to be held in Gaza for 58 people killed on Monday when Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian protesters, in the deadliest day of violence there since a war in 2014.The burials coincide with the 70th anniversary of…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fans of US basketball are suggesting the sport's king LeBron James may have a memory as mighty as his biceps LeBron James is widely cited as the best basketball player in the world. He certainly has the fattest bank balance, earning $86.2m (£66.79m) in the year to June 2017…
