US strikes Iranian air defences on Qeshm Island and tightens blockade
President Trump called the strikes "minor" and defensive after Iranian forces fired on US aircraft over the Strait of Hormuz.
Geopolitics
Israel's president to name who will try to form the next government
Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has the backing of 67 lawmakers against 46 for caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Tanzanian court jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement, drops treason charge
The ruling ends the threat of a death sentence but keeps one of East Africa's best-known opposition figures behind bars.
Rubio heads to Paris for G7 foreign ministers' meeting
The Secretary of State travels to France next week as Washington presses allies on Iran.
At least 33 killed in attack on village in Ebola-hit eastern Congo
Armed men struck a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where health workers are also battling an Ebola outbreak.