A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, a U.S. military spokesman told Reuters, saying neither of the two missiles hit the ship. The attempted strike on the USS Mason, which was...

Attitudes to women dominated Sunday night’s presidential debate with Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton condemning Republican rival Donald Trump over vulgar comments he made in footage released earlier in the week. Trump in turn focused on Clinton’s husband’s affairs and accused her of...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s office on Monday defended the arrests of senior judges as part of Nigeria’s campaign against corruption. At least four and as many as seven judges from the country’s highest courts were arrested over the weekend by the Department for State Security (DSS),...

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday that OPEC needs to ensure it does not crimp oil supply too tightly and give the market a harmful shock, and said he was optimistic a production deal could be reached by November. Speaking at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul,...