International

Indonesian police have named a controversial hardline Muslim preacher as a suspect in a pornography case.Rizieq Shihab is accused of exchanging graphic messages and...

BA chief executive Alex Cruz says he will not resign and that flight disruption had nothing to do with cutting costs.He told the BBC...

Presidential aspirant Peter Solomon Gichira has been charged with attempted suicide, malicious damage and creating disturbance at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)...

Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on a drink-driving charge in Florida early on Monday morning, police say.Police recorded the arrest at 07:18 local...

The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces over Ramadan, fearing the month-long fast could spark rash words...

MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was...

This birth announcement won't fit on your standard 5x7 greeting card.Adeboye and Ajibola Taiwo had tried for 17 years to start a family. Now,...

Sir Stanley Matthews remains one of England's most famous footballers and was known as the Wizard of Dribble. But he was also arguably the...

In the superficial, dating app-focused world in which we live, it seems like appearances are everything.Even if you have the most beautiful personality in...

Angry demonstrators in Brasilia have started a fire inside the ministry of agriculture and have damaged several other ministerial buildings.Brazilian authorities estimate around 35,000...

A federal high court in Ethiopia has sentenced politician Yonatan Tesfaye to six years and six months in prison for planning, preparing and encouraging...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg features in a long line of university dropouts who became millionaires after founding technology companies - Bill Gates and Steve...

US President Donald Trump has met Pope Francis at the Vatican for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip.He...

An Ivy League student will be graduating with one of the highest accolades after submitting a 10-track rap album for his final thesis, the first to do so...

He’s accused of attempted murder, but it’s what allegedly did afterwards that’s raising a stink.Being accused of a crime is pretty crappy, but that’s...

A 23-year-old Indian woman has cut off the genitals of a Hindu religious teacher in the southern state of Kerala, claiming he raped her...

Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Mali to meet French troops, less than a week after his inauguration as president. Mr Macron’s plane touched down at...

Forbes Magazine is well-known for chronicling the lives of the rich and famous. The magazine has released its list of America’s richest self-made women...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has decided not to take up an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend an Islamic summit at which US President...

Gunmen from a Christian sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, freeing their leader and about 50 other inmates,...

Whether enveloped by the thick smog from factories or choked with invisible poisons from vehicle exhausts, many cities around the world are losing the...

A Sharia court in Indonesia's Aceh province has sentenced two men to be caned in public for having gay sex. The men were found guilty...

A Colorado man who was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released was told by a judge Tuesday that he is a free...

Uganda's censorship board has banned a Dutch film, The Dinner Club, after accusing it of "glorifying homosexuality" the Embassy of The Netherlands in Kampala...

Mexican crime reporter Javier Valdez Cárdenas was assassinated Monday by an armed group that reportedly shot him while he was driving, according to both...

Twenty-seven-year-old Brittany Winchester will compete at this weekend's Miss USA pageant as Miss Indiana.I first started tanning the summer I went to freshman prom...

Sports anchor Sara Walsh got personal about parenthood and loss in a touching Mother’s Day Instagram post that has struck a chord with many.“My...

A mother in Long Island showed the depths of her love on Mother’s Day by giving up her life to save her daughter’s.Diane Aluska,...

Last year, stand-up comedian Lou Conran had to end her pregnancy at 22 weeks - five-and-a-half months. She is now preparing a show about...

Friday’s cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says. Speaking to Britain’s ITV, he said the world faced...

As soon as President Macron finished uttering "vive le France", the handshaking and celebratory music began.'Deep change' ahead as Macron vows to begin work...

Somalia's president has called on the international community to lift an arms embargo on his country as government soldiers battle to regain territory from...

A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families searching for their disappeared relatives has been killed.Miriam Rodriguez Martinez was shot in her...

Authorities in Thailand have warned Facebook to take down content critical of the monarchy, or face legal action.The social media giant has been given...

India's Supreme Court has formally opened hearings into a number of petitions challenging the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam.The court said it...

At least 24 people were killed when a wall collapsed during a wedding party in northern India. The guests had taken shelter from heavy rain...

An evangelical Nicaraguan pastor and four followers have been sentenced to 30 years for burning a woman to death in a so-called exorcism ritual.Vilma...

President Donald Trump has fired the director of the FBI over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails, the administration says.The White...

Venezuela's opposition protests on Wednesday may be the messiest in a six-week wave of unrest as demonstrators prepare to throw feces at security forces,...

An Indonesian court has sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison for blaspheming the Koran following a trial that...