The last hours of Turkey's presidential race have turned increasingly sour as Recep Tayyip Erdogan bids to extend his 20 years in power by five...

Ron DeSantis's long-awaited entry into the 2024 race for the White House was hit by technical glitches after a Twitter livestream malfunctioned.It meant the Florida...

US retailer Target is removing some items from its LGBTQ Pride Collection range after threats and confrontations in certain stores.The company said on Tuesday the...

US President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy have called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive but no deal has yet been...

A defiant Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted Bakhmut "is not occupied" by Russia after a Moscow-backed mercenary group had claimed control.Ukraine's president was speaking during a...

At least nine people have died after a stampede at a football stadium in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, officials have said.Police said seven men...

The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including American-made F-16s, in a major boost for Kyiv.National...

Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been attacked from the air by Russia for the ninth time this month.One person has been killed and two more wounded...

President Joe Biden and Republican leaders have expressed cautious optimism that a deal to raise the US debt ceiling is within reach, following emergency talks...

At least six people have died and others remain unaccounted for following a fire in a hostel, New Zealand's prime minister has told local media.Emergency...

Turkey's battle for the presidency looks set to go to a run-off, with both contenders adamant they have victory in their grasp.After 20 years in...

Turks are voting in the most pivotal elections in their modern history, to decide if Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains president after 20 years in power.His...

Turkey's all-powerful President Erdogan is in the fight of his life against an opposition that has united against him for Sunday's elections.His main rival Kemal...

A record number of migrants - more than 10,000 - were recently apprehended at the US-Mexico border in a 24-hour period, fuelling fears over what...

A jury in a civil case has found former President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the...

A three-year-old boy and his parents, two elementary school children and a young engineer from India have been named as victims of a shooting attack...

Texas authorities have named a heavily armed gunman who killed eight people including children at a Dallas shopping mall as Mauricio Garcia, aged 33.The man,...

A gunman has shot and killed eight people shopping at a mall north of Dallas, Texas, emergency services say.Hundreds of people were evacuated from the...

Ukraine has accused Russia of attacking the besieged city of Bakhmut with phosphorus munitions.In drone footage released by Ukraine's military, Bakhmut can be seen ablaze...

ORGANISERS of Africa’s premier oil and gas sector event, the African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 say this year’s conference and exhibition will promote Africa as...

Sudan's former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned that the conflict in his country could become worse than those in Syria and Libya.The fighting between...

The US Army has grounded all aircraft except those on "critical missions" after two recent fatal mid-air crashes.The "aviation stand down" order announced on Friday...

A crowd apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...

Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election.In a last-minute settlement before...

A US diplomatic convoy came under fire in Sudan on Monday but nobody was hurt, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said."This action was...

Fierce clashes have been reported across Sudan as fighting between rival armed factions continues to spread.Violence between the army and a paramilitary group called the...

A power struggle between Sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country, with more than 50 civilians reported dead.Residents dodged gunfire in...

Ukraine is front and centre of a number of classified Pentagon documents which a 21-year-old US National Guard airman is suspected of leaking online.The leaks...

The US government believes the UN Secretary General is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online.The files...

The Russian parliament has approved legislation to start serving call-up papers online.The Kremlin has denied the move is aimed at speeding up further mobilisation of...

The US and the Philippines are holding their largest-ever joint military drills a day after China concluded large-scale exercises around Taiwan.Over three days, China's military...

What to make of the dozens of classified American Defence Department documents - maps, charts and photographs - now circulating on the internet?Complete with timelines...

Israel struck multiple military targets in Syria after rockets were fired into territory it controls overnight, the Israeli military has said.Israel said artillery and drones...

An Italian tourist has been killed and seven other people wounded in a suspected car ramming attack near a beach in Tel Aviv, Israeli medics...

Kostroma is not a bad place to go looking for the effects of the Ukraine war on Russia. For this city is home to a...

Donald Trump's day in court was dramatic and historic - but what we learned about the criminal charges he faces seems unlikely to change minds.Just...

Former US President Donald Trump has been consulting lawyers at Trump Tower in New York City as he prepares to face history-making criminal charges.He has...

The real estate boom has led to an increase in demand for granite and marble by more than 10 percent, according to Sanjay Agarwal, Director...

Pope Francis will lead Mass in St Peter's Square on Sunday as he kicks off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital.He...

One person has been killed and dozens more injured after a storm caused a theatre roof to collapse in Illinois at a packed heavy metal...

The Russian authorities may have shut down his newspaper, but journalist Dmitry Muratov refuses to be silenced.When we meet in Moscow, the editor-in-chief of Novaya...

The shooter who killed six people at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday bought seven guns legally and hid them at home, police say.Investigators...

Six people - three children and three staff - have been killed in a shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city...

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defence minister.Yoav Gallant had spoken out...

The battle for Bakhmut, the Ukrainian city which Russia has spent months trying to capture, is "stabilising", says Ukraine's commander in chief.Earlier this month, Western...

Australia's leader has unveiled crucial details of a planned referendum that could see it change its constitution for the first time in almost 50 years.If...

China's peace plan for Ukraine could be used as a basis to end the war, Vladimir Putin has said.But Mr Putin said the plan could...

Troubled bank Credit Suisse has been rescued by its Swiss rival UBS in a government-backed deal.Sunday's announcement came after a weekend of emergency talks in...

Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday and has urged his supporters to launch mass protests.However his lawyer said there had been...

US President Joe Biden has welcomed the International Criminal Court's issuing of an arrest warrant against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.The ICC accused President Putin...

Ukraine has drawn a line in the dirt, and that line is Bakhmut. It is a city that few say matters strategically, but that tens...

The encounter between Russian jets and a US drone, which resulted in the drone crashing into the Black Sea, appears to be the most significant...

Bank shares in Asia and Europe have slumped, despite reassurances from the US president that America's financial system is safe following the collapse of two...

People and businesses who have money deposited with failed US bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will be able to access all their cash from Monday,...

The crack in Mesut Muttaliboglu's bedroom wall is so wide, he can fit a car key into it.He turns it sideways, and with a flick...

Ukrainians are enjoying the onset of spring. The nights are still cold, but they are emerging from a winter of Russian missile strikes that have...

Russia has launched missiles at targets across Ukraine, from Kharkiv in the north to Odesa in the south and Zhytomyr in the west.Buildings and infrastructure...

Operations to defend the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut will go on, and are backed by senior generals, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Western analysts...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 victims of this week's train crash.In a Facebook message, Mr...

Fears that the UK car industry will be in danger if it continues to fail to become a centre for electric car production as only...

Numerous attacks have been repelled in the area of eastern Donetsk over the last 24 hours, Ukraine's military says.Russian forces claim they are about to...

Protests have erupted in Greece over the rail crash which killed 43 people, with many seeing it as an accident that had been waiting to...

At least 32 people have died and dozens more injured after two trains collided in northern Greece, emergency services say.A train said to be carrying...

The situation in the city of Bakhmut, on the eastern frontline, is becoming "more and more difficult", Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Russian forces have...

At least 59 migrants, including 12 children, have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy.The...

Finance ministers of the world's largest economies have failed to agree on a closing statement following a summit in India, after China refused to condemn...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China's leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing's proposals on ending the war in Ukraine.Speaking on...

A TV reporter and a nine-year-old girl have been fatally shot near Orlando, Florida, close to the scene of a murder that took place hours...

The former US ambassador to Russia has told the BBC what it's like trying to negotiate with the Kremlin and why President Vladimir Putin won't...

Russian missiles were once again taunting Ukraine from the sky as we entered this prisoner of war facility in the west of the country.Hundreds of...

The White House has said there is no indication three flying objects blasted out of the sky over the weekend by the US military are...

The sensors from a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down after crossing the US have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says.Search...

The US has shot down another unidentified flying object in the fourth military operation of its kind this month.President Joe Biden ordered it to be...

The death toll from a massive earthquake in Türkiye and Syria will "double or more" from its current level of 28,000, UN relief chief Martin...

Turkey's most devastating earthquake since 1939 has raised big questions about whether such a large-scale tragedy could have been avoided and whether President Erdogan's government...

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended his government's response to two catastrophic earthquakes, saying it was impossible to prepare for the scale of the...

Families in southern Turkey and Syria spent a second night in the freezing cold on Wednesday as overwhelmed rescuers raced to pull people from the...

Rescuers are battling heavy rain and snow as they race against the clock to find survivors of a devastating earthquake in south-east Turkey.More than 4,300...

Ukraine's outgoing defence minister has said the country is anticipating a new Russian offensive later this month.At a news conference, Oleksiy Reznikov said not all...

A 16-year-old girl has died after being attacked by a shark while swimming in a river in Western Australia.She was pronounced dead after being pulled...

Tesla founder Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker...

Mourners and protesters have gathered - and clashed - at the funeral for Cardinal George Pell in his Australian homeland.The Catholic Cardinal died in Rome...

A Washington DC householder has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a 13-year-old child who he suspected of breaking into cars.Jason Michael...

US President Joe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for air support.Asked by a reporter...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Ankara may agree to Finland joining Nato, but not Sweden.He criticised Sweden's refusal to extradite dozens of...

The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols.Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to...

Seven people have been shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem, the most killed in an attack of this kind for years. At least...

Ukraine's president has thanked Western leaders for sending tanks to support the fight against Russia, but said they needed to be delivered quickly.In his nightly...

After months of reluctance, the US and Germany reportedly plan to send tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the...

A gunman killed seven people before being arrested in California on Monday, just two days after a shooting claimed 11 lives at a popular dance...

California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who...

US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigators have found six more classified documents during a 13-hour search of President Joe Biden's home in Delaware, a lawyer...

Ukraine's defence minister has said he had a "frank discussion" with his German counterpart about German Leopard 2 tanks, which Kyiv is urgently requesting to...

Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister next month, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.Ms...

An alleged leader of a criminal network involved in an EU corruption scandal has agreed to reveal which countries were involved and how it operated.A...

The White House has said that there are no visitor logs available for President Joe Biden's private home.Republicans have demanded to see the logs to...

Mexico has brought into force one of the world's strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places.The step, which was...

Around 25 million people in California are under a flood watch this weekend as the latest in a parade of deadly storms drenches the state.Several...

Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to include right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into the storming of government buildings in Brasília.It is the...

US President Joe Biden's aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in a growing political embarrassment for the...

President Vladimir Putin has removed Russia's top commander in Ukraine, just three months after he was installed.Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov will now...

Brazil's judicial authorities have ordered the arrest of top public officials after rioters stormed key government buildings in Brasília.One official, the former commander of the...

Cardinal George Pell, whose conviction on child abuse charges shocked the Catholic Church before being quashed, has died at 81.The former Vatican treasurer is Australia's...

Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters.In...

England's National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to punish supporters of the country's ex-leader, Jair Bolsonaro, after they stormed Congress.Supporters of the ousted...

Prince Harry has revealed he cried only once over the death of his mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales, in 1997.In a new interview clip...

Ana Montes - among the best-known Cold War spies caught by the US - has been released from prison after more than 20 years in...

It took 15 ballots, a midnight vote and a near-fistfight in the hallowed chambers of Congress, but Kevin McCarthy has now been elected Speaker of...

Two days of voting are in the books, and the US House of Representatives isn't any closer to electing a Speaker.In fact, the chamber may...

Almost 200,000 people paid homage to former Pope Benedict XVI during his lying in state over the last three days, the Vatican says.His body has...

Russia has said a new year missile attack that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers happened because troops were using their mobile phones.Ukraine hit a...

Ukraine's president says Russia is planning a protracted campaign of drone attacks in a bid to demoralise Ukraine.Volodymyr Zelensky said he had received intelligence reports...

Four people have died after a mid-air collision between two helicopters near Sea World on Australia's Gold Coast.Queensland Police say initial investigations suggest the crash...

Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Sunday night as the latest wave of drone and missile strikes from Russia continued.An attack which began shortly...

"Your leader wants to show you that he's leading from the front, and his military is behind him," he said."But in fact he is hiding....