North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, two U.S. government sources said, a week after President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a U.S list of countries that it says support terrorism. Later, the Pentagon said that it had detected a “probable” missile launch from...

A government initiative to air public opinion on the causes of South Sudan’s long-running civil war was accused of a cover-up on Tuesday. Lawmakers said officials involved in carrying out the national dialogue launched by President Salva Kiir in May had hidden some tapes and...

Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has opened a three-month amnesty window for the return of public funds illegally stashed abroad by individuals and companies, he said on Tuesday. Upon the expiry of the amnesty at end of February next year, the government will arrest and...

Russia launched a second rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome in the far east on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to ease dependence on Baikonur in Kazakhstan. Marking another milestone after the inaugural liftoff last year, the Soyuz rocket carrying a weather satellite and other equipment...