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That's the conclusion of the celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, whose final book was published on Tuesday.The book, which was completed by his family after...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed women to half of his government's ministerial posts, including the job of defence minister.Explaining his decision in...

Australia will consider recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.If acted upon, the...

The family of Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has offered a 1bn Tanzania shilling ($440,000; £330,000) reward for information that...

Emmanuel Macron faces a testing week as reports that even his wife Brigitte finds him arrogant add to damaging revelations in a new biography...

Twenty-two migrants were killed and 13 others were injured Sunday when a truck carrying them overturned, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu reported.The accident occurred...

An Air India flight attendant has been injured after falling from the door of a parked aeroplane at India's Mumbai airport.Harsha Lobo was preparing...

The Duchess of Sussex is pregnant and is due to give birth next spring, Kensington Palace has revealed. The news has been announced as she...

Eleven people thought to be migrants have died after their vehicle and a lorry collided head-on in northern Greece.Both the car and the lorry...

Detroit police say the bodies of 11 babies have been found hidden in a drop ceiling of a funeral home that the state of...

Indonesian police say they have broken up a child trafficking operation that was allegedly buying and selling babies on Instagram.Four people were arrested, including...

First lady Melania Trump said in an interview that aired Thursday that she is the most bullied person in the world, which has led...

Theresa May has been filmed dancing for the second time on her tour of Africa as she tries to tie down trade deals ahead of Brexit.The prime minister...

Matthew Shepard was savagely killed in Wyoming in 1998 at the age of 21 and went on to become a symbol of anti-gay violence...

A Russian man miraculously survived after inserting an 8-inch kitchen knife into his skull. Asked why he did that to himself, the man told...

Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a "contract killer"."Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone," Francis said in an address...

The body of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova was found in a park on Saturday, making her the third journalist to have been murdered in...

Police in Mexico are investigating a couple arrested for transporting body parts in a pram in connection with at least 10 murders.At a hearing...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially proclaimed...

The Bois de Vincennes, a sprawling park on the outskirts of eastern Paris, is home to horse riding schools and a zoo. It has...

Three pupils have been killed after being struck by lightning in Uganda's north-western district of Yumbe.Ugandan Red Cross Society spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita confirmed that...

US First Lady Melania Trump has visited a...

A second British woman has died from "Brazilian butt lift" surgery, the BBC has learned, as fresh warnings come over the risks.The British Association...

A Texas woman, claiming that she was raped, beaten and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a pimp who posed as a...

Following the revelation that American hip-hop star Kanye West will be ‘coming to Africa’ to complete the album he has been working on, several...

At least 42 people have died after drinking contaminated bootleg alcohol in Iran, a government spokesman said.Health ministry spokesman Iraj Harirchi said 16 people...

Ethiopian prosecutors have charged five suspects with terrorism over an attempt to kill Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in a grenade attack at a rally...

Convicted paedophiles in Kazakhstan are facing chemical castration after the government provided funding for some 2000 injections.One man from the Turkestan region will receive the first injection...

Clarence House (the official residence of the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles) has announced that the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall...

Police in the Netherlands have arrested seven men over an alleged plot to carry out what they describe as a major terrorist attack involving...

Bill Cosby spent his first night in prison alone, in a single cell near the infirmary, as he began his three-to-10-year sentence for sexual...

India's top court has ruled adultery is no longer a criminal offence.The Supreme Court overturned a 158-year-old law which said any man who had...

Separatists in Cameroon’s restive English speaking regions staged a prison break leading to the escape of about 70 prisoners, the BBC reported on Wednesday.The...

Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that the cover-up of sexual abuse is driving people away from the Catholic Church — just hours before the...

Kenyan governor Okoth Obado has been charged in court with aiding and abetting the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, a pregnant student.The married governor...

A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for stealing $600 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store.Authorities say 48-year-old...

The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air missiles.It says such purchases contravene US...

China has hit back at President Donald Trump by imposing new trade tariffs on $60bn of American goods.It comes after the US slapped duties...

Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been given a temporary reprieve from deportation to Ghana, where he was born.Adoboli was...

Washington Post White House reporter Josh Dawsey tweeted a photo of the event invitation which highlighted the large costs. The money will go towards...