Nigerian President Says Boko Haram Is Near Total Defeat

The Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari has told the BBC that his country's army is close to defeating the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

Witnesses in Afghanistan say Taliban fighters have taken almost complete control of the town of Sangin in the province of Helmand.

More than 3,000 prisoners in the US state of Washington have been released early because of a computer glitch. The bug miscalculated the sentence reductions they were entitled to for good behaviour.