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Snow has fallen in the Sahara desert after temperatures dropped to -3C (27F).Karim Bouchetata recorded the rare event in Ain Sefra, Algeria, with thawing ice creating beautiful patterns on the sand. The Sahara desert, which covers most of Northern Africa,

First Lady Melania Trump has advised Americans that "violence is never the answer" in her White House farewell speech.Mrs Trump said it had been "the greatest honour of my life to serve as first lady of the United States" and

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has told Sky News she is determined to get South Asian stories "influxed" into Hollywood.The actress and activist spoke about representation on the big screen ahead of the release of her new film, The White Tiger, which

There is a road north of the capital, Kampala, that few Ugandans wish to follow.It is a rough, potholed track which leads to the home of the opposition leader, Bobi Wine. The 38-year old has not left his home since

Claims of widespread corruption and fraud involving millions of pounds of public money are being investigated on the British Virgin Islands.The governor of the islands, a British territory, has ordered an independent inquiry into the allegations and is supported by

A 36-year-old man lived undetected in a secure section of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for three months because he was "too scared" to go home due to COVID-19, US prosecutors say.Aditya Singh is charged with felony criminal trespass to a

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has urged Russians to "take to the streets" after a judge ordered he be detained for at least 30 days.  In a video clip released after the ruling, he said: "Don't be afraid, take to the

Around 2,000 Honduran migrants are said to be camped out in eastern Guatemala after security forces used sticks and tear gas to stop their passage towards the US.The authorities said that as many as 8,000 migrants, including families with young

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been sent back to jail after receiving a two-and- a-half year sentence over his involvement in a major corruption scandal.The 52-year-old, South Korea's most powerful businessman, was convicted at a retrial on charges of bribery,

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has accused the Russian government of the "highest level of lawlessness" at his first hearing since his arrest.Mr Navalny was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday, after spending five months in Germany recovering from novichok