ALGIERS / Reuters More than 250 people were killed when a military plane crashed in a field near Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, state media said, with witnesses saying they saw a wing catch fire shortly after the plane took off. Dozens of firefighters, rescue workers and military officials worked around the blackened fuselage of the aircraft, which had been ripped ...

Bloomberg South Korea President Moon Jae-in said he expected a “big step” towards denuclearisation of the peninsula during a unprecedented summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Both sides are preparing for this with commitment, and I look forward to a big step being taken during the US-North Korea meeting,” Moon said in Seoul. ...

TEL AVIV / Reuters Israel is finalising a deal to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda under a new scheme after agreements with Rwanda and the UN’s refugee agency to find homes for those expelled fell through. About 4,000 migrants have left Israel for Rwanda and Uganda since 2013 under a voluntary programme but PM Benjamin Netanyahu has come ...