Today's World News covering, Africa, Europe, Middle East

Serena Williams, the most successful female player of the Open era, is pregnant - just 12 weeks after winning a record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.

US President Donald Trump said he was sending "an armada" to Korean waters to potentially deal with threats from Pyongyang.

At least three people have been killed in Venezuela in protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

Five Malian soldiers have been killed by suspected Islamist militants on Tuesday in the northern city of Timbuktu, BBC Afrique reports. 

The European Union's Brexit plans remain unchanged by Theresa May's snap election announcement, the council representing EU leaders has said.

It was a FaceTime call. Like old time friends, Lady Gaga and Prince William opened up about mental health.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has stunned the UK political world by calling for an early general election, seeking a stronger mandate in talks over leaving the European Union.

Benedict XVI, who resigned as pontiff in 2013, has celebrated his 90th birthday with a mug of beer and the company of visitors from his native Bavaria in Germany.

North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US.

Turkey's main opposition party has said it will challenge the country's referendum result after the president won a vote to expand his powers.

North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks".

NASA has new evidence that the most likely places to find life beyond Earth are Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus. In terms of potential habitability, Enceladus particularly has almost all of the key ingredients for life as we know it, researchers said.

In just the last week, the rookie commander-in-chief has presided over the use of some of the most powerful weaponry in the US arsenal, sending a signal that he is one President who relishes ordering the use of deadly force.