International

People smugglers opened fire on a group of 100 migrants attempting to flee their clutches in northern Libya, aid agency MSF reports.Twenty-five injured survivors...

The leader of Italy's biggest political party has called for the president to be impeached after he vetoed a choice for finance minister.Luigi Di...

Sweden has passed a new law saying that sex without consent is rape, even when there are no threats or force involved.The new law,...

When Monica Osagie got low marks in a course for her master's degree, she says the professor gave her two options: Sleep with him,...

The parents of a 30-year-old man have resorted to drastic measures in an effort to get their son to fly the coop: they are...

Venezuela has expelled the senior US representative in the country amid an international backlash against Nicolás Maduro's re-election as president.Mr Maduro announced the expulsion...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to EU lawmakers for the company's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and for allowing fake news to...

The UK has been accused of turning a "blind eye" to Russia's "dirty money", putting national security at risk.The Commons foreign affairs committee said...

A doctor who slipped an abortion pill into his pregnant girlfriend's tea was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday, however, he will serve only three...

The Royal Family has thanked those who travelled to Windsor for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Thousands of people lined the streets...

All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex scandal and cover-up.They asked...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a new law on Wednesday that outlaws the abuse of people on social media but which critics say...

A court in Zambia has sentenced the son of former President Frederick Chiluba to eight months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a mobile...

Elton John will take the stage at the royal wedding ... a fitting choice given the singer's history with Prince Harry, Princess Diana and...

A husband and wife used their four children in a string of deadly suicide attacks on three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya...

Two people on a motorbike have carried out a suicide bombing at a police HQ in Surabaya, a day after a wave of deadly...

The US has imposed sanctions on six people and three companies it says have ties to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).Treasury Secretary Steven...

Drones that monitor crops, control mosquito populations and deliver defibrillators are to be tested in US airspace.Ten commercial drone projects have been selected to...

An ex-political candidate was shot dead by her lover's wife in a suburban Philadelphia home before the attacker turned the gun on herself, police...

A woman has been stoned to death in Somalia after a court run by al-Shabab convicted her of having several husbands, the militant group...

A mother in Georgia pleaded guilty to allowing several men, including a 78-year-old, rape her two young daughters in exchange for cash, officials said...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is quitting the Iran nuclear deal, pitting him against the United States' closest allies and leaving the future...

A second teenage girl is reported to have been raped and set on fire in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, just days after...

One of the biggest questions surrounding the royal wedding has finally been answered.Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, will walk the former “Suits” actress down...

Watch video of Hazard presenting a signed copy of the jersey to Ghana's 1st Lady below:I believe one of the best surprises I have...

Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been expelled from the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The prestigious organisation – which runs the...

 Ten people suffered minor injuries when a bonfire exploded at a Jewish festival in London, police say.Hatzola, a volunteer emergency medical service, said it...

President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his...

A top surgeon at New York University was forced to resign after being investigated for inappropriate relationships with patients, BuzzFeed News has learned.Mark Adelman...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their third child Louis Arthur Charles. The couple's second son was born at 11:01 BST on Monday...

In a city of over 10 million residents, Maguy Washilona stands out as a female taxi driver. For over 5 years now, Maguy has taken...

Chinese police have seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine from South America in the country's biggest ever haul of the drug, authorities said. Police in the...

Former US President George H W Bush is in a hospital intensive care unit with an infection, a week after the death of his...

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. The child, whose title is HRH Prince of Cambridge, is fifth in line to...

A nude gunman has killed four people at a Waffle House in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee, police say. The man burst into...

Facebook has removed a group in which landlords were offering young men free accommodation in return for sex. A BuzzFeed News investigation found dozens of UK posts...

A suicide attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 31 people, officials say. More than 50 others...

Money might not buy love, but it can buy better health. And, to live as long as possible, the world’s wealthy are willing to pay...

Global chocolate makers are buying more cocoa sourced through schemes aimed at stamping out poverty as they rush to make their supply chains more...

President Joseph Kabila "sanctioned more than 200 individuals who do not fulfil the conditions to function as magistrates", Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said...