Secretary of Defense Mark Esper landed in South Korea on Thursday to navigate renewed threats from an "enraged" North Korea and newly heightened strain in the alliance with Seoul that congressional aides, lawmakers and Korea experts say has been caused by President Donald Trump.
South African post office worker Luyanda Botha has been handed three life sentences after admitting to the rape and murder of 19-year-old student Uyinene Mrwetyana.
The United Arab Emirates and Egypt plan to jointly invest $20 billion (£15.63 billion) in economic and social projects, under a bilateral project announced by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Thursday.
The activities of Burkina Faso's opposition party, the Patriotic Front for Renewal (FPR), have been suspended for three months after it demanded the resignation of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and his government, the AFP news agency reports.
