Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump Backtracks

The Republican presidential hopeful in the United States, Donald Trump, has recanted just hours after saying that women who have a termination should be punished if abortion is re-criminalised. Mr Trump now says the doctor should be held responsible.

Bursts of gunfire were heard in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as the UN-backed prime minister arrived in the country in defiance of a blockade.

A new report by the human rights group, Amnesty International, has - for the first time - linked alleged abuse of migrant labourers in Qatar, to work on a 2022 World Cup football venue.