The United Nations has announced a 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen starting from midnight on Wednesday

The agreement raises hopes that negotiations will resume to end the conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people and triggered a humanitarian crisis

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused the FBI and State Department of helping rival Hillary Clinton covering up "criminal act"

Newly released documents show that State Department officials asked for one of Mrs. Clinton's official emails to be marked as unclassified, in return for what one FBI official described as a quid pro quo

The State Department and the FBI deny any wrongdoing

And Britain's self-employed workers are earning less today than they did 20 years ago. That's according to new data

Growing numbers of people in the UK are classified as self-employed, and there's a growing debate about whether they are willing entrepreneurs, or an underclass with no employment rights and insecure incomes

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