US President Donald Trump has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April. The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians, normally including the US president. Mr Trump said he would not attend a day after the White House excluded several major broadcasters and newspapers from a press briefing. He has frequently described negative ...

A Kurdish reporter has been killed while covering on the battle for Mosul in Iraq. Shifa Gardi, who worked for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw, was killed by a roadside bomb as she covered the advance of Iraqi forces into western areas held by so-called Islamic State. Rudaw said that Gardi, 30, had broken the stereotypes of male-dominated journalism. Iraqi forces ...

A Traditional Leader has challenged UPND President Hakainde Hichilema to tell the nation who his Republican President is after refusing to accept President Lungu as a duly elected president. Chief Nsamba of the Unga speaking people in Luapula Province has advised the opposition leader to stop lying to the Zambian people that there is no president in the country. Chief ...