International

So-called Islamic State (IS) has blown up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraqi forces say.The historic landmark was where IS leader Abu...

A call for South Africans to boycott social media for a day to protest against high data costs has ironically seen #SocialMediaBlackout trend.Musician and...

The government-backed Bana Mura militia in Congo has committed horrific crimes in ethnically-motivated attacks in the past few months, including cutting off toddlers' limbs...

Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders, according to media reports.Mr Kalanick will remain on the board of...

A Ghanaian who was arrested in April after telling his date that he was a terrorist and would blow up her University of Massachusetts...

More than 3,300 people have been killed in the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region since last October, the Catholic Church...

The French government on Sunday evening voted a record number of 233 women into parliament, after President Emmanuel Macron's decision to field a gender-balanced...

A 77-year-old nun, dressed in her habit, has gone viral after she was filmed floating into a polling station on board a hover-board.The French...

More than ten pedestrians were hit by a white van driver who veered onto a pavement near a renowned north London mosque, in what...

A US judge has declared a mistrial in the Bill Cosby sex assault case after the jury remained deadlocked for days.The seven men and...

A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt's top public prosecutor.Hisham Barakat...

President Donald Trump has appeared to acknowledge he is under investigation in the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election. In a tweet,...

The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home...

A huge fire has engulfed a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes.The fire at...

Forty-eight Zambian MPs from the opposition UPND have been suspended for 30 days for boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address. They refused...

A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly...

Prime Minister Theresa May reappointed most of her ministers on Sunday but brought a Brexit campaigner and party rival into government to try to...

Guinean President Alpha Conde wrote to Saudi Arabia on Sunday offering to mediate in the crisis between Riyadh, its allies and the tiny nation...

The UK looks set to have a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, with most general election results now in.It means...

The UK looks set to have a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, with most general election results now in.It means...

Ex-FBI chief James Comey told Congress that the Trump administration's comments about him and the FBI were "lies plain and simple". Mr Comey told a...

A police dog has been fired from his job because he did not have the intimidating personality needed to carry out his job effectively. 1-year-old...

A 20-year-old US woman whose boyfriend took his own life nearly three years ago after she repeatedly urged him to suicide has gone on...

Zimbabwean police have cautioned unsuspecting men and the general public to be wary of a group of women accused of sexually assaulting men in...

Armed men launched two attacks in Iran on Wednesday morning, killing a guard at the parliament in central Tehran and wounding several people at...

A man is set to be summoned to court in Saudi Arabia after his wife claimed he called her a 'cow' and a 'donkey'. The...

Over 130 imams from across the United Kingdom have said they will refuse to perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer for the London and...

Over 130 imams from across the United Kingdom have said they will refuse to perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer for the London and...

The diplomatic crisis unraveling in the Gulf region could revive a campaign by critics of Qatar to strip the country of the rights to...

Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain must be tougher in stamping out Islamist extremism after attackers killed at least seven people by ramming a...

British Prime Minister Theresa May claimed there was "too much tolerance" of Islamist extremism in the UK as she vowed a clampdown in the...

Leo Varadkar has been announced as the leader of the biggest party in Ireland's ruling coalition, Fine Gael.Mr Varadkar beat his rival, Housing Minister...

At least 15 children have died in South Sudan from a botched attempt to immunise them against measles, officials say.They were vaccinated with the...

A man who claimed he was missing his dead brother dug up his coffin and took him on a ride around town on his...

Saudi Arabia is to behead a deaf and visually impaired man to death for taking part in a protest, it has emerged. Disabled Munir Adam,...

US President Donald Trump called Germany's trade and spending policies "very bad" - intensifying a row between the longtime allies and immediately earning himself...

The decomposed body of a woman was discovered on Table Mountain in Cape Town on Tuesday morning, Western Cape police confirmed.Captain FC van Wyk...

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has died at the age of 83 following brain surgery this year.Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989,...

A Chinese dating app for lesbians that has more than five million users has been shut down.The app, Rela, is no longer available in...

Germany's foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the US President's actions have "weakened" the West and accusing the...