More than 300 people have been arrested since mass protests erupted in Georgia six nights ago, and an increasing number of accounts have emerged alleging...

Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the city of Aleppo following an offensive by rebels opposed to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The army...

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has appeared to contradict President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that the two have struck a deal to stop migration to the US...

Donald Trump says he will hit China, Mexico and Canada with new tariffs on day one of his presidency, in an effort to force them...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Saturday (Nov 23) that his company will balance legal compliance and technological advances under the incoming administration of Donald...

The Russian military is accelerating its gains along the front line in Ukraine at a crucial time for the conflict. Data from the Institute for...

The US has for the first time allowed Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The outgoing Biden administration has told Kyiv...

On election night, Donald Trump repeated the phrase: "Promises made, promises kept." Now, Republicans have officially taken control of Congress and his "promises" are a...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his military's ongoing incursion into Russia's Kursk region is now holding down 50,000 Russian troops. In his daily address...

Russia has suffered its worst ever month for casualties since the start of the war in Ukraine, the UK chief of defence staff has told...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is set to reshape US foreign policy, promising potentially radical shifts on multiple fronts as war and uncertainty...

America is choosing its path forward, and the stakes could not be higher.Both candidates have presented stark visions for the future if they lose this...

Kemi Badenoch has promised to win back voters who have deserted the Conservatives after securing an historic victory in the party's leadership contest. The 44-year-old...

At least 95 people have been killed in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for three decades after torrential rain battered the eastern region of...

Israel's parliament has voted to pass legislation banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel and Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, within three months....

A student and a teacher have been killed in a shooting at a high school in St Louis, Missouri that ended with the gunman being...

The United States said Monday (Oct 21) it wants the Israel-Hezbollah war to end "as soon as possible", and pressed for the enforcement of a...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran-backed group Hezbollah of trying to kill him on Saturday (Oct 19) after his office said a drone from...

Australia will give 49 of its ageing M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine months after Kyiv requested the redundant fleet, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on...

Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about...

UN humanitarian officials called Tuesday (Oct 8) for urgent action to stop the escalating conflict in Lebanon from spiralling into a similar scene of devastation...

Ildar Dadin, a well-known Russian opposition activist who was fighting in Ukraine on the side of Kyiv, has been killed in action, according to the...

Anti-Muslim hate and Islamophobia in the UK has risen to the highest level in more than a decade, according to a charity that monitors such...

Israel's widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early on Tuesday as its military said troops had begun "limited" raids against...

Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the long-standing leader of Hezbollah, is a major escalation in its war with the Lebanese militant group. It has, potentially,...

United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres voiced concern on Wednesday (Sep 25) over "escalation" in Sudan's conflict to the country's army chief when they met...

Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday (Sep 18) across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between...

A gunman hid for nearly 12 hours in bushes before Donald Trump played an unscheduled game of golf at his oceanfront club in Florida –...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hit back at Elon Musk on Saturday after the tech mogul called his government "fascists" for proposing laws that would...

Protesters set bins alight and threw horse manure at police during clashes in Australia on Wednesday, prompting officers to respond with tear gas, stun grenades...

When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage Tuesday night in Philadelphia, they’ll both know there’s little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances...

A French woman whose husband has admitted to drugging her repeatedly over 10 years so she could be raped by dozens of strangers will take...

Hamas' armed wing said on Monday (Sep 2) that since June the group has been operating under new instructions on how to handle hostages should...

Israel recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in southern Gaza where they were apparently killed not long before Israeli troops reached them,...

The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump mounted a "sustained, detailed effort" to attack a major gathering of some sort before deciding to target...

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on Monday (Aug 26) over next month's US presidential debate, with the vice president's team seeking...

A New York resident who took part in China's 1989 democracy movement was charged on Wednesday (Aug 21) with operating as an illegal agent for...

United States President Joe Biden will give a bittersweet farewell address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday (Aug 19), passing the torch...

Green Party 2024 presidential candidate Dr Jill Stein selected Butch Ware, a historian of West Africa at the University of California, Santa Barbara as her...

The leader of Australia's main opposition party was told to "stop being racist" by another parliamentarian during a heated discussion on Thursday in which he...

China on Monday (Aug 12) urged all sides in the Ukraine war to de-escalate as Kyiv's forces pierced deep into Beijing ally Russia's Kursk border...

More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the official Palestinian news agency...

Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said...

Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in...

President Joe Biden has for years been called the rambling uncle of US politics, prone to verbal slips and meandering sentences, but now the whole...

A day of mourning is being observed in Ukraine after one of the worst waves of Russian missile strikes in months, with at least 41...

France voted on Sunday (Jul 7) in a parliamentary run-off election that will reconfigure the political landscape, with opinion polls forecasting the far-right National Rally...

Russia has become increasingly influential in the global wholesale market, attracting attention from businesses worldwide seeking quality products at competitive prices. The diversity of offerings...

Voting for the first time in a British election, Prathesh Panjak and other immigrant voters are excited to take part in the July 4 ballot,...

France is voting in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern...

Two neighbouring countries are approaching elections that were called out of the blue. Both have governments that are expected to fall. In both countries political...

The number of deaths during this year's Haj pilgrimage totalled 1,301 people, Saudi Arabia's health minister Fahad Al-Jalajel said on Sunday (Jun 23). During the...

US President Joe Biden has said he will respect a jury’s decision to find his son guilty of gun crimes, after a week-long trial that...

Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese on Monday (Jun 10) condemned vandalism of the US consulate in Sydney after the building was defaced in what local...

The American Boeing company has launched its Starliner capsule towards the International Space Station (ISS) with two Nasa astronauts aboard. Boeing's Starliner capsule, with two...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted his African National Congress (ANC) party has suffered a challenging election result, after the party lost its majority...

Upside-down American flags emerged outside homes and on social media on Friday (May 31) in support of Donald Trump after a New York jury returned...

The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. Israeli forces...

Within just a few months of working at her employer’s new manufacturing plant, senior process engineer Azzuani Abdul Aziz received several job offers. The 35-year-old...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a mass departure of lawmakers with the number of resignations surpassing the level the Conservative Party suffered before...

Medical workers in Israel have told the BBC that Palestinian detainees from Gaza are routinely kept shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced...

Thunderstorms have killed seven people and left more than half a million homes and businesses without power in south-eastern Texas. Officials said residents in the...

Donald Trump's legal team sought on Tuesday to dismantle the credibility of the star witness in the ex-president's criminal trial, Michael Cohen. Mr Trump showed...

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday (May 11) demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government do more to secure the release of...

United States President Joe Biden said on Wednesday (May 8) he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza,...

In Nigeria, the wholesale market is crucial to the nation's economic landscape. It serves as a vital link between producers and consumers, facilitating the distribution...

Sadiq Khan has been re-elected as Mayor of London by more than 275,000 votes, wiping out Labour's overnight fears that his main challenger, Susan Hall,...

The office of California's governor has criticised the police response to violence on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles. A masked pro-Israeli group...

Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza. In undated footage filmed under duress,...

TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday (Apr 24) to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned...

Protests against the war in Gaza have spread from Columbia and Yale to other universities as officials scramble to defuse a burgeoning protest movement. On Monday...

A man who set himself on fire outside the Manhattan court where former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial is being held has died, according to...

In the dynamic landscape of global energy markets, petroleum products suppliers play a crucial role in fueling economic growth and industrial development. Petroleum products, essential...

Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday (Mar 31) in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition...

France's prime minister says a teenage girl will be sued by the state for falsely accusing her headteacher of striking her in a heated exchange...

Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100...

Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all rubber-stamped by the Kremlin....

US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties' nominations for the election in November....

Republican Katie Britt has defended her use of an account from a sex trafficking victim to attack President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.In...

Insurers are backing Ukraine to build on its Black Sea grain breakthrough by exporting more goods to boost its wartime economy.Brokers in London are optimistic...

In today's dynamic business landscape, the global market for coal and coke continues to witness significant transformations. As industries evolve and environmental concerns rise, the...

Donald Trump on Saturday (Mar 2) inched ahead in his quest to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee, winning internal party elections in the states...

President Joe Biden is projected to win Michigan's Democratic presidential primary comfortably, despite a significant protest vote over his stance towards the war in Gaza.Activists...

Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought...

Donald Trump cruised to a decisive victory on Saturday (Feb 24) in the South Carolina Republican primary, blitzing rival Nikki Haley in her home state...

The family of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian prison, have reportedly been told his body will not be released for...

Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by 10 March an offensive will be launched...

One person has died and 21 people were wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory...

The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly...

US President Joe Biden has said an Israeli offensive in Rafah "should not proceed without a credible plan for ensuring the safety" of more than...

Pakistan's second and third political blocs have agreed to co-operate after elections in which jailed ex-PM Imran Khan's supporters came first.Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's PMLN and...

I'd rather be writing this story in the Gaza Strip, not Jerusalem. After many years of covering wars, since El Salvador in 1989, I'm convinced...

People living in the isolated north of Gaza have told the BBC that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly...

Australia experienced its eighth-warmest year in 2023, with the influence of climate change pushing average temperatures almost 1 degree Celsius above the 1961-1990 average, the...

Hamas says it has given its response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in Gaza.The details of the deal - set out by...

King Charles will postpone his public-facing duties while he is treated for cancer, Buckingham Palace says.Prince William is expected to cover some duties on his...

The United States intends to launch further strikes at Iran-backed groups in the Middle East, the White House national security adviser said on Sunday (Feb...

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek.Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Mr Geingob had died...

The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping.It named...

An Australian woman attacked by a bull shark in Sydney Harbour has thanked her "heroic" neighbours for coming to her aid.Lauren O'Neill was bitten during...

The US government has released the names of three troops killed by an enemy drone attack in Jordan on Sunday.Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist...

Three US troops have been killed and dozens injured in a drone attack on a US base near Jordan's border with Syria.US President Joe Biden...

The world's largest cruise ship has set sail from Miami, Florida, on its maiden voyage, amid concerns about the vessel's methane emissions.The 365m-long (1,197 ft)...

A New York jury has decided Donald Trump should pay $83.3m (£65m) for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he was US president.The...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after a deadly plane crash in western Russia.He demanded an...

Donald Trump on Tuesday won the New Hampshire's Republican presidential contest, according to several polling organisation projections, cementing a seemingly unassailable path to the Republican...

The US and UK have conducted a fresh series of joint air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.The Pentagon said Monday's strikes hit eight targets,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (Jan 21) rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel's...

Benjamin Netanyahu has again insisted Israel should retain security control over all the Palestinian territories.The Israeli prime minister said this condition was "contrary" to a...

A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the military goals in Gaza.Mr Netanyahu...

Australia on Thursday rejected comments by China's ambassador seeking to deflect blame from China's navy for the injury of Australian military divers in an incident...

It was perhaps the least surprising victory in the history of the Iowa caucuses.Donald Trump won by a landslide in the first contest in the...

As Iowa finds itself at the centre of a brutal winter storm, it also sits, momentarily, at the centre of US politics.It's a position that...

The US aviation regulator on Friday (Jan 12) extended the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes indefinitely and announced it will tighten oversight of...

At least eight people have died after major rioting and unrest hit Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.Shops and cars were set on fire and...

Masked gunmen have broken into a live television studio in Ecuador and threatened terrified staff.Employees were forced on to the floor during the broadcast by...

Somaliland and Ethiopia have signed an agreement that could give Ethiopia access to the sea, sparking fury in Somalia, which summoned its ambassador to Ethiopia...

Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world's biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC.Dozens of...

Yarden Gonen admits she still finds the absence of her sister Romi "unbearable", three months after the 23-year-old was taken hostage during an attack by...

Prince Andrew is among high-profile figures named in newly released court documents detailing connections of sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.A US judge ordered the...

Israel has insisted the assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut was not an attack on Lebanon, as its enemies warned of "punishment" for his...

An Australian man whose family argue he is being "held hostage" in Iraq has now spent 1,000 days in prison.Robert Pether was jailed in 2021...

The Israeli military has said it expects the conflict in Gaza to continue throughout 2024.In a new year's message, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari...