US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions seeks the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during prior presidential administrations.

A new United Nations report details serious human rights abuses in south eastern Turkey, with around 2,000 people killed and entire neighbourhoods razed in a government offensive against Kurdish rebels.

US President Donald Trump is taking credit for delivering "tens of thousands of new jobs" and lowering unemployment as he reaches his 50th day in office.

India is moving to outlaw commercial surrogacy, citing exploitation of vulnerable young women. But one mother is hoping it remains legal long enough to save her son.

Pirates hijack an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, a Somali official says, in the first hijacking of a large commercial ship since 2012.