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Oprah Winfrey has said she is not interested in running for US president, after rumours she could stand against Donald Trump in 2020.

Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years after testimony from nearly 160 of his victims.

The US-led coalition fighting ISIS killed approximately 150 ISIS fighters in a Saturday airstrike, Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the coalition, told CNN Tuesday.

The 2018 Oscar nominations are out and "The Shape of Water" leads the field with 13 nominations. "Dunkirk" and "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri" were also among the top nominees with 8 and 7 nominations each, respectively.

Legendary musician and "father of South African jazz", Bra Hugh Masekela has died aged 78

Democrats lined up behind a plan to reopen the federal government Monday as the Senate began a key vote.

cholera outbreak: Zimbabwe is on high alert following a cholera outbreak in Chegutu town that killed four people and 32 other cases reported, Health and Child Care Minister, David Parirenyatwa, said on Monday.

Tens of thousands of Liberians have witnessed the swearing-in of George Weah as the new president of Liberia, at a packed stadium on the outskirts of Monrovia.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be unable to report for work on Monday, as the US Senate struggles to end the US shutdown.

At least six people have been killed in widespread protests in the DR Congo, United Nations sources say.

Your federal government is officially shut down. Wonder how it all affects you? We've got everything you need to know about it in this special Saturday edition.

The US government has begun shutting down many of its services after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget.

The US gov't shutdown has begun shutting down many of its services after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget.