International

A Facebook executive who backed Hillary Clinton's 2016 election campaign told colleagues in an internal memo last month that the platform could ultimately be...

Evidence suggests an Iranian missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran, possibly in error, Western leaders say.The leaders of Canada...

Twitter has said it will test new features that allow users to control who can reply to their posts or block replies entirely."We want...

A priest at Mwereerwe church of Uganda has been suspended by the Namirembe Diocese after he allegedly admitted to fathering a child with a...

A week after he slapped a woman's hand away to free himself from her grip, Pope Francis has bestowed his blessings on a nun, with just one condition:...

Mashayla Harper was nearly killed on her way home from her baby shower after what police say was a hit-and-run. Her unborn child didn't...

Ghanaian Hiplife musician Guru and Grammy-nominated Nigeria singer, Burna Boy, have had their songs featured on popular BBC dance reality show, “The Greatest Dancer”.A...

The body of a child aged around 10 has been found in the undercarriage of plane that had arrived in Paris from Abidjan, sources...

Police in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa Kenya has arrested a man who walked into a church and confessed to being a member...

Oil prices have risen after two bases hosting US troops in Iraq were hit by ballistic missiles.Brent crude was up by 1.4% at $69.21...

The father of Reynhard Sinaga, the worst rapist in British legal history, has said his son's punishment "fits his crimes" after he was jailed...

A Ukrainian Boeing-737 with more than 170 people on board has crashed in Iran, officials say.Iran's Red Crescent said there was no chance of...

What's the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It's a Japanese passport.The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the...

Alexa Jett has suffered some heavy blows in recent years.Now 28, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2016. Although she was given the...

A British teenager has been given a four-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying about gang-rape in Cyprus.The 19-year-old hugged her family...

A Kenyan pastor reportedly stabbed his wife multiple times during a church service and then killed himself with the same knife in a murder-suicide...

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has opened a medical marijuana clinic at its headquarters in Bangkok as it seeks to expand the herb-based industry.The...

Police on Saturday, arrested and fined two Russian tourists who were filmed having sex on Pattaya Beach, Thailand in broad daylight. The incident took place...

Music star Adele has shocked fans with her dramatic weight loss.The singer's incredible transformation has received a mixed response from fans.How much weight...

President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country."We have a very extraordinarily expensive...

Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani's daughter warned that her father's death "will cause more awakening in the resistance front" and "will bring darker days" for...

A Cambridge University student who had been detained in a "modern-day hellhole" in South Sudan has been pardoned and released, his lawyer said.Peter Biar...

Iran has vowed to retaliate after its most powerful military commander was killed by a US drone strike at Baghdad airport."Severe revenge awaits" those...

A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), health chiefs have said.They also discounted...

Iraqi MPs pass resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country in wake of Iranian general's assassination.The MPs have passed a resolution calling...

The Queen is celebrating the new decade with a royal portrait.In the photo taken by Ranald Mackechnie in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace on...

Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq.The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations...

A Georgia mother shared an X-ray photo showing the new location of the Apple AirPod her son received for Christmas -- his stomach.Kiara Stroud...

A wedding between a Chinese man and his partner ended at the venue after the groom played a naked video of the bride having...

Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died three years after he was found liable for her death.Gordon's attorney, Joe Habachy,...

Pope Francis apologised Wednesday for his widely-viewed slap of a woman who had grabbed his hand as he greeted Catholic faithful on New...

A visibly annoyed Pope Francis had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter's Square on New Year's Eve after...

Pope Francis has called for people to put away their mobile phones at the dinner table and get talking, citing Jesus, Mary and Joseph...

A Chinese scientist who helped create the world's first gene-edited babies has been sentenced to three years in prison.He Jiankui shocked the world in 2018 when...

Japan Airlines is giving away 50,000 free round-trip domestic air tickets to international tourists next summer -- but there's a catch.The giveaway aims to encourage tourists...

The man from Boston stared at the ocean and thought: Maybe I’ll never go back.He’d come to coastal Ghana for an adventure, he told...

Uruguay says it has seized a record haul of 6 tonnes of cocaine, calling it the biggest setback for traffickers in the country's history.Naval...

Japan has hanged a Chinese man for the high-profile and brutal murder of a family of four, the first execution of a foreigner in...

At least 14 people have been killed after a plane with 98 passengers and crew crashed in Kazakhstan, airport officials say.They say the Bek...

Jose Mourinho, Tottenham Hotspur, boss has revealed he had a not so merry Christmas after losing a member of his family, his dear dog....