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Outrage in Lebanon after the US envoy calls journalists “animalistic”.

Tom Barrack’s comments come at a time when the US president has stepped up his attacks on media he dislikes.

So, what’s behind this hostility towards journalists within the Trump administration? And are there wider implications beyond the US?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Rami Khouri – Distinguished fellow at the American…

US and Panama have proposed a security force meant to counter gangs, despite setbacks with an existing Kenya-led policing operation.

The United Nations has reported that children now comprise about half of the membership of Haitian gangs, as violence and political and economic instability continue to roil the Caribbean nation.

On Thursday, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, announced the “alarming” statistics, as…

The draw for the league phase of the UEFA Champions League was made in Monaco on Friday with PSG handed a tough defence.

Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain will play Bayern Munich and Barcelona in this season’s league phase and record 15-times winners Real Madrid will face Manchester City and Liverpool.

PSG’s easiest opponents, in theory, in the league phase will be fixtures against England’s Newcastle United and Spain’s Athletic…

Emergency food supplies are running out in Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, Save the Children warns.

Millions of children across four African countries could die of malnutrition in the next three months, Save the Children has warned, as emergency food supplies dwindle as a result of international aid cuts.

Save the Children said on Thursday that Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan were expected to run out of so-called “ready-to-use therapeutic food” (RUTF), a nutritional paste…