International

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has often been heavily criticized for its maltreatment of foreign workers, and the abuses that some receive at the...

A former soldier says life as a woman in the world's fourth-largest army was so tough that most soon stopped menstruating. And rape, she...

A British camera operator has died while shooting a stunt sequence for a BBC drama in Ghana. Mark Milsome, whose credits include Saving Private Ryan...

Flash floods caused by heavy overnight rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in central Greece. The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea...

Australians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in a historic poll.The non-binding postal vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex...

South Africa's notorious snake pastor Penuel Mnguni has fed cockroaches to two brothers in his congregation, alleging that the insects turned into cheese for...

US regulators have approved the first pill that can be digitally tracked through the body. The Abilify MyCite aripiprazole tablets - for treating schizophrenia and...

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek...

Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage. Addressing leading business figures...

2018 is just six weeks away, and this man thinks he knows what the year will hold already. Craig Hamilton-Parker, a self appointed 'psychic' has...

A UK doctor says he escaped a shark by punching it in the face after the animal injured him in Australia. Charlie Fry, 25, was...

A train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 33 people, UN radio station Okapi reports. It happened in Buyofwe in the province...

Eighteen militiamen are on trial in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of raping 46 children. Some of the victims from...

The ex-wife of Texas church gunman Devin Kelley has said he subjected her to abuse and violence and threatened to kill her and her...

A driver has ploughed into a group of pedestrians near the French city of Toulouse, injuring three Chinese exchange students. A 23-year-old woman was seriously...

Four people have appeared in a Zimbabwean court for allegedly booing First Lady Grace Mugabe, state-owned media reports. The Herald says they were arrested after...

A giant snoring monster called Moz has split critics online, after it was revealed as the star of this year's John Lewis Christmas advert. The...

Africa’s best police service is that of Botswana despite being ranked 47th best in the world. This is according to the World Internal Security...

Yemen faces the world’s largest famine in decades “with millions of victims” if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned. Mark...

North Korean officials were closely watching US President Donald Trump when he addressed the South Korean National Assembly Wednesday, but they say they weren't...

An Indian citizen has been jailed for 27 years in the US for sending funds to al-Qaeda and plotting to kill a judge. Yahya Farooq...

A woman pictured raising her middle finger toward US President Donald Trump’s motorcade has reportedly been fired from her job over the photograph. The image...

Gunmen have attacked a local television station in the Afghan capital Kabul, with reports that people have been killed and injured. Witnesses say the attackers...

Pope Francis has requested that Roman Catholic priests be given the right to get married. The request applies to priests in Brazil, and is on...

The scandal surrounding Britain's political class deepened Sunday with more allegations of sexual harassment, abuse of power and other misdeeds, including new claims involving a key...

At least 27 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a church during Sunday services, police say. The attack happened at the...

The equality gap between men and women would take 100 years to close at its current rate, an economic monitoring group has suggested. It is...

An Egyptian lawyer has come under attack after stating that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped. Nabih al-Wahsh said that if a woman...

An Uzbek immigrant has been charged by US prosecutors with causing the deaths of at least eight people in New York by mowing them...

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, had disclosed that thousands of Cameroonians from the restive Anglophone region continue to flee into neighbouring Nigeria. UNHCR said on Tuesday...

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has bemoaned the use of social media to portray him in a bad light as thousands of opposition supporters call...

Amnesty International has condemned the decision of a military court in Cameroon to sentence an opposition leader to 25 years in prison. Aboubakar Siddiki was...

Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab have claimed a deadly car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday.A Somali journalist who specializes in reporting...

An Italian accountant has been jailed for 24 years after intentionally infecting 30 women with HIV.Valentino Talluto is said to have had unprotected sex...

Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC).It accused the ICC of deliberately targeting Africans for...

A French court has handed down a three-year suspended jail term to Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Teodorin Obiang for corruption.The 48-year-old, known for his...

The funeral cremation ceremony for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej has started in Bangkok, with hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets to...

In a surprise move, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has said he will not run for re-election, citing "outrageous and undignified" behavior from the White...

China's ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao...

Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, confirmed a congresswoman's earlier comments that President Trump had said her husband "knew what he...