International

Veneto regional council, which is located on Venice's Grand Canal, was flooded for the first time in its history on Tuesday night -- just...

It's a mystery that has baffled officials in India. What killed more than 2,000 birds near the country's largest inland lake?Locals spotted the carcasses...

South African Pastor, Lesego Daniel is in the news again for feeding his church members with millipede and beer. Photos from the 'mass feeding' programme was...

Bolivian opposition senator Jeanine Áñez has declared herself interim president of the South American country following Evo Morales' resignation.Lawmakers from Mr Morales' party boycotted...

For the sixth year in a row, more than 1,000 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the UN Refugee...

Bolivia's President Evo Morales resigned Sunday, not long after the head of the nation's electoral tribunal stepped down when allegations of irregularities with the presidential vote...

Cardi B, one of America's finest female music stars, will be touching down in Ghana to connect with her fans through a music concert...

An Iowa inmate serving a life sentence says he should be a free man after he became ill, momentarily died, and had to be...

Four years ago, on a day that has remained the darkest in Herine Akinyi’s life, her son Hezron Onyango was sentenced to life behind...

The bodies of at least 12 gold miners have been recovered following a mudslide in an abandoned gold mine in Kithinian, a gold mining...

Two North Korean fishermen suspected of killing 16 fellow crew members before fleeing to the South, have been handed back to the North.They crossed...

A Malaysian religious court has sentenced five men to jail, caning, and fines for attempting gay sex.Sodomy and same-sex acts are illegal under Islamic...

American rap superstar Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has left some of his close friends and colleagues surprised following a billionaire status stunt...

A former death row inmate in Kenya has told the BBC of his joy at having graduated with a law degree from the University...

China is imposing a curfew on online gaming for minors, the government has announced.Gamers under 18 will be banned from playing online between 22:00...

The government of Zimbabwe has fired 77 doctors who have been taking part in a strike since September over pay.Last month a court ruled...

Nigeria’s hopes of getting an Oscar-nominated film have been dashed after the Academy disqualified ‘Lionheart’.The Academy said the movie, which was selected for the...

The sister of former Islamic State group (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been captured in northern Syria, Turkish officials say.The 65-year-old, named as...

Inkosi ya Makosi Gomani V and his wife were issued with a fake marriage certificate during their royal wedding on Saturday, a law...

A Congolese journalist who had been raising awareness about the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed at his home.The...

An Indonesian man - who worked for an organisation that helped draft strict adultery laws - has been publicly whipped after being...

A 26-year-old man, Michael Golsorkhi, who was filmed ‘thrusting’ at a pile of leaves in a missionary position with his trousers round his ankles, has...

An Indonesian man - who worked for an organisation that helped draft strict adultery laws - has been publicly whipped after being caught having...

A Gambian beauty queen has accused the country's former president, Yahya Jammeh, of raping her because she refused to marry him.Giving evidence to the...

The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria that resulted in the death of the leader of the...

The Embassy of Israel in Accra has suspended daily diplomatic activities in Ghana until further notice, a statement from the Middle East country has...

Ghanaians who survived the unlawful killing of 56 West African migrants in the Gambia and the victims’ families have requested to testify at the...

The Israeli Embassy in Ghana has suspended consular services from Wednesday, a statement from the consulate has announced.“No consular services will be provided and...

A 21-year-old Indian woman has allegedly killed herself because of constant harassment by her husband over her "dark complexion", police said.Police in Rajasthan...

At least 37 people have died and others are feared trapped underground in a landslide on Monday in the west of Cameroon, officials say.Rescuers...

The 45th President of the United States (US) of America, Donald J. Trump, has shared a photo of the "wonderful" dog that played a...

The remains of late ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been disposed of at sea as it is revealed that U.S. forces were able...

A two-year-old boy trapped 26 meters (88 feet) down a well since last Friday, sparking a major rescue attempt that captivated India, has died.The...

A woman married three husbands against her father's approval and he gathered his clansmen to chase his daughter's husbands away from her ...

Unites States (US) President, Donald Trump, on Sunday announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) in an overnight U.S....

Amazonian Catholic bishops have voted in favor of the ordination of married men in the region and to reopen the debate into allowing women...

In April 1997 a woman dressed in a nurse's uniform walked out of a Cape Town hospital carrying a three-day-old baby taken from the...

The fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump has...

Two teenagers who were stabbed to death at a house party in Milton Keynes have been formally identified by police. Dom Ansah (a...

At least six of the 39 people found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex may have been from Vietnam.The BBC knows of six...