US President Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have directed blistering attacks at each other during rival rallies.
A number of people taking part in a protest against police brutality have reportedly been shot dead or wounded in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos.
The Cameron Peak wildfire has become the biggest fire in Colorado state history after burning over 200,000 acres.
The Taliban are advancing while peace talks stall. What are the chances for peace once the last of US-led Nato forces leave? Lyse Doucet looks at a critical time for Afghanistan.
Oil giant Exxon has clarified a fundraising claim by Donald Trump that he could raise more money than rival Joe Biden.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country's general election.
Anti-viral drug remdesivir has little to no effect on Covid patients' chances of survival, a study from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found.
Mr Biden deflected again when asked whether his role in helping draft the 1994 crime bill, which the Black Lives Matter movement has blamed for mass incarceration of African Americans, was a mistake.
LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S authorities detained the defense minister for Mexican ex-president Enrique Pena Nieto at Los Angeles airport on Thursday on a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warrant, a DEA spokeswoman told Reuters.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.