International

Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster made sexist comments about the Australian...

Thousands of Venezuelans are heading towards the presidential palace in Caracas to protest against President Nicolás Maduro's claim of victory in the country's disputed...

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday for the funerals of children and young people killed in a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, as world...

President Nicolás Maduro has won Venezuela's presidential election, according to partial results published by the electoral council.The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE),...

A national protest to demand good governance and a better standard of living led by civil society groups, trade unions and human rights activists...

  If there’s one thing Parisians want tourists to know before millions of people descend on their city for the Olympics, it’s a simple, seven-letter...

The science of beauty has placed Anya Taylor-Joy, Bella Hadid and Margot Robbie among the top ten most attractive women in the world, according to Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi,...

A rodent disease that can be spread to humans and has no cure has killed several people in the US and prompted a health...

In a spirited bid to limit language barriers and deepen Parliamentary Democracy within the African Region, the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament Alban...

Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time, six weeks after it was released in cinemas.The film, a sequel to...

Namibian, Michelle Nehoya has spent nearly $500 (£390) on an application for a visa to visit Canada - but almost two years later it...

How often you poop may influence more than whether you’re uncomfortably bloated.The frequency may also affect your gut microbiome and risk of chronic disease,...

Janet Jackson can still remember the first song she wrote.She was nine years old and bored, one rainy afternoon in 1975.Her older brothers –...

The Director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job, according to an email she sent to staff.This follows the assassination attempt...

The path for Vice-President Kamala Harris to secure the Democratic presidential nomination is clearing.That may end up being the easy part. The most formidable...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris makes her first public appearance since President Joe Biden left the 2024 race on Sunday.She praises Biden, saying she is...

A woman who served 43 years for a murder she did not commit has been released after her conviction was overturned.Sandra Hemme was 20...

US President Joe Biden has announced that he will end his candidacy for re-election, saying "it is in the best interest of my party...

President Joe Biden says he is not seeking reelection in a letter posted to X on his official account. Biden says he will speak to the...

Meet Smita Srivastava, a 46-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh who holds the Guinness World Record for having the longest hair on a living person....

Former North Korean diplomat Tae Yong-ho has been named the new leader of South Korea's presidential advisory council on unification.This makes him the highest-ranking...

An Italian journalist has been ordered to pay Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of €5,000 (£4,210) over social media posts making fun of her...

Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention he was "not supposed to be here," reflecting during a marathon speech on a recent attempt on...

A raft of global institutions - including major banks, media outlets and airlines - have reported a mass IT outage, affecting their ability to...

Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House has said. Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary, said the US...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is on course to extend his 24-year rule by another five years in a landslide victory, with most of the...

A furious wife has hacked off her husband's penis after he allegedly said another woman's name during sex. The unnamed couple, who are from Baguio...

Anant Ambani, the son of Asian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, recently hosted a wedding that captivated the internet and earned the title of the world's...

England manager Gareth Southgate has resigned after a second consecutive European Championship final defeat.The Three Lions lost 2-1 to Spain in Berlin on Sunday,...

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said the house he stays in whenever he is in the Federal Capital Territory is not his personal...

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled as inadmissible, three of the four grounds of a suit filed by the son of a deceased...

Former President Donald Trump was injured Saturday evening during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt.The gunman...

For the last few months, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has been grabbing the spotlight in India.It's not because he has completed a major...

An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini’s home in south-western Zimbabwe. One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at...

Five people linked to one of Ecuador's biggest criminal gangs have been jailed for the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year. Mr Villavicencio,...

Unilever plans to cut a third of its office-based roles in Europe by the end of 2025, the consumer goods giant has said. It comes...

A number of children have died and more than 100 others are trapped after a school building collapsed in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, local...

Kim and Khloé take India.The Kardashian sisters brought big-time bling to Mumbai Friday, stepping out for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s star-studded wedding in traditional Indian...

British police have launched a manhunt after two suitcases containing human remains were discovered on Clifton Suspension Bridge in the southwestern city of Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police said on Thursday that it received a call at 11:57...

A retired shopkeeper who was told he was not British despite living in the UK for nearly 50 years can stay for good, the...