International

North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan in a move Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an "unprecedented" threat to his country. The...

US healthcare provider Aetna has apologised after letters sent to thousands of patients publicly displayed their HIV status. The correspondence was sent to about 12,000...

A van containing gas canisters has been discovered near a music venue in Rotterdam, hours after a tip-off from Spanish police led to the...

German police have seized around 5,000 ecstasy tablets shaped like the head of US President Donald Trump, a haul worth tens of thousands of euros.The...

China's fleet of high-speed trains is set once again to become the world's fastest. The top speed of the Fuxing or "rejuvenation" bullet trains was...

India’s top court has ruled the practice of instant divorce in Islam unconstitutional, marking a major victory for women’s rights activists.In a 3-2 majority...

Four men have appeared in a South African court facing charges of cannibalism after one allegedly walked into a police station declaring he was...

Sierra Leone's mudslide death toll has now passed 400 as hundreds are still missing according to the United Nations. Several countries have come to the aid...

North Korea warned Sunday that the upcoming US-South Korea military exercises are "reckless behavior driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear...

Following a mudslide that occurred in Sierra Leone capital City Freetown at a community called Regent, the President of the country has declared the...

During the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s five-day tour of Poland and Germany in July, Prince George and Princess Charlotte stole the show with...

A mass burial for about 300 people killed by a mudslide and flooding has taken place on the outskirts of the capital Freetown. President Ernest...

A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied permission for an abortion by the Indian Supreme Court last month has given birth to a baby...

Spain’s coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period amid a spike in the number of migrant arrivals. The...

Could this eventually be an end to the incessant begging that has flooded the entire streets of Rwanda. The Rwanda National Police has warned that...

China urged the US and North Korea to urgently "put the brakes" on provocative actions and words on Tuesday after North Korean leader Kim...

President Jacob Zuma at the weekend spoke publicly of attempts on his life, saying he was poisoned and almost died because of his stance...

A car has crashed into a pizzeria in a village east of the French capital Paris, killing a girl and injuring 12 other people,...

The world’s richest man, Bill Gates has joined Instagram while on a philanthropic visit to Tanzania. His handle on the photo-sharing site @thisisbillgates already has...

Seventeen people have been killed and eight wounded in a "terrorist attack" in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government...

Last Monday, a shoplifter in Toronto was caught stealing an outfit for a job interview. But when Constable Niran Jeyanesan arrived to arrest him,...

The most genetically modified animals in existence have been created to help end a shortage of organs for transplant, say US researchers. The scientists successfully...

China's new military and logistical base in Djibouti has put other foreign powers on edge, but observers believe China's strategy in the region is...

A New Jersey woman has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting her lesbian wife in the face at their home on Sunday. According to the New...

Nine people have been killed, including six tourists, and 164 injured in an earthquake that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwest China's...

Girls in an isolated Caribbean village become male and grow penises when they hit puberty due to a rare genetic disorder. It is estimated that...

More than 220,000 people have signed a petition against French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to create a formal First Lady role for his wife...

A 10-year-old girl who is pregnant and has been refused an abortion is at the centre of a media storm in India. The BBC's...

A man murdered his wife before killing himself at their home with their three children inside, police say. The woman, 26, was "violently attacked" before...

Becoming a pilot is far from easy, but challenging gender stereotypes and becoming a female aviator is even harder.This didn't stop Indian pilot Anny...

A woman was shot in the vagina and left with “life changing injuries” in a sex game gone wrong, a court has heard. The 46-year-old...

It's not what most people expect to see when they're swiping through their selfies. At the Wilderness Festival near his Oxfordshire home this weekend, David...

UK tobacco firm British American Tobacco (BAT) says it is under official investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations it paid bribes...

Relatives of Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma say the two men have been re-arrested. They were under house arrest after accusations of...

Cardiologist Martin Cowie spends much of his life on a plane. With 150 trips a year, including jaunts to Asia every few weeks, numerous visits...

More than 40 men have been arrested in Nigeria over the weekend for performing homosexual acts, police say. They are due to appear in court...

A Malawian court has granted the police a warrant of arrest in respect of the country’s former president, Joyce Banda. According to a police statement...

“I LITERALLY went home every night for the first three months and said, “Oh, my God, what have I gotten myself into?’,” Boston’s mayor,...

Most people commute by bus, train or car – but Benjamin David gets to work by plunging into Munich’s Isar River. Benjamin David was fed...

The first case of a man killed by penis enlargement surgery has been reported in Sweden. A healthy 30-year-old had wanted to increase both the...