International

There has been an outcry in Tanzania after a teenager was allegedly beaten to death by a teacher who accused him of stealing, AFP...

Chancellor Angela Merkel left Germany on Wednesday morning for a multi-day diplomatic mission which will take her to the West African states of Senegal,...

A group supporting Nigeria’s 75-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari has rubbished a claim by his US counterpart Donald Trump who reportedly described him as “lifeless”.The...

US President Donald Trump reportedly told his aides he never wanted to meet someone as "lifeless" as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari again.Trump's remarks came...

A worker in Australia has been paid more than 100 times their normal salary because of a decimal point in the wrong place.The worker...

Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat, who has called for him to resign.Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also...

Spanish police have said more than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco when they...

US First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, although it is not clear where or when she plans on visiting...

Sunday marked the World Photography Day and as the day is set aside to measure progress made so far in the industry and as well...

A woman who punched a man when he grabbed her genitals twice in a club says she does not endorse violence but is proud...

US special counsel Robert Mueller has recommended a prison sentence of up to six months for former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos.Mr Mueller, head...

Pope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 "predator" priests in the US accused of abusing children in one state,...

Katie Stubblefield was only 18 when she was severely injured by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Her life was saved in hospital, but the young woman...

A 2-year-old boy from Sukabumi, Indonesia, has become so addicted to smoking that he smokes up to 40 cigarettes a day.Rapi Ananda Pamungkas started...

Indian tourist hotspot, the state of Kerala has been struck by heavy monsoonal rains which has led to unprecedented flash flooding in the area.At...

A Taiwanese tourist has died after being bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph in Kenya.Chang Ming Chuang, 66,...

Lizzie Neville is an 'end-of-life doula' who helps people prepare for death.Doula is a term traditionally associated with childbirth, describing someone who helps a...

The eastern part of Burkina Faso was on Saturday again attacked by a jihadist.Five gendarmes and one civilian were killed in a mine explosion...

The death of a 23-year-old student, who killed herself two months after she alleged she was raped has renewed anger over sexual violence against...

An airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport has crashed on a nearby island.Authorities said the man had made "an...

Dozens of children, most believed to be under the age of 10, have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus...

Argentina’s senate has rejected a bill which would have legalised abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. After a marathon debate, 38 senators voted...

During her last two weeks of life, Aurelia was often distressed and had self-harmed."I'm stuck in my own body, my own head, and I...

The remains of a young boy have been found at a remote desert compound in New Mexico, police say.They made the announcement the day...

UK law says that you can't buy or sell dog meat, but if you humanely kill a dog you own, you can eat it.But...

Less than 24 hours after her marriage was solemnised, a young Malaysian woman, Fatin Nursyahirah Yusuf passed away. The 24-year-old married her beau, known only as...

Almost 400 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend as they attempted to make the crossing from Morocco to Spain, Spanish rescue services...

The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdul Rasheed Adewale Akanbi has declared that his assets include one of Africa’s billionaires, Aliko Dangote.His Imperial Majesty,...

A plane has crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state, television images show, with the state governor confirming nobody was killed.Governor José Aispuro...

Members of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, jailed after running on to the pitch during the World Cup final, say they have been...

The Trump administration says it has reunited more than 1,800 migrant children with family members by a court-ordered deadline.This includes 1,442 children brought back...

Two prisoners have escaped from a jail in Mexico's northern Sinaloa state by disguising themselves as prison guards.The two walked out of the prison's...

A student has spent five months in an Indian jail over a WhatsApp message he says he did not send.Local reports say the 21-year-old...

A man convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in Kenya has been jailed for 18 years and six months.Keith Morris, 72, from Hull,...

Stranded Nigerian football fans camped on the floor outside the country's embassy in Moscow have been ordered home by President Muhammadu Buhari, his aide...

Eight migrants, locked in an abandoned lorry container in Libya’s western city of Zuwara, have suffocated to death, according to officials there.Six children, one...

Germany has deported to Tunisia a man who once allegedly protected Osama Bin Laden and had been living in Germany with his family since...

It began with great expectations, an eagerly-anticipated meeting with a reclusive leader, and a gift bag that included an Elton John CD.It ended with a...

The body of a dead teenager, Renard Matthews, was dressed and propped up in a chair surrounded by his favourite snacks for a bizarre...

CNN host, Christiane Amanpour; and husband of 20 years, Jamie Rubin, are divorcing.The middle-aged couple, who have a teenage son, wed in Italy in 1998...