International

President Trump warned Thursday that North Korea could face "some pretty severe" consequences after its defiant test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but Washington...

Heartbreaking footage has emerged of the moment a bride was killed minutes before her wedding when the helicopter taking her to the altar as...

The South Sudanese government has called on Tanzania to send Swahili teachers to the country as it introduces the language in school curriculum ahead of its...

A husband has filed for legal separation from his wife and former teacher, who had served a jail term for having sex with him...

Heavy rain and overflowing rivers in southern Japan have forced the evacuation of almost 400,000 people, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday. "Rivers are bursting...

Girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance, the Victoria Derbyshire show has been...

Images of three revered Chinese deity statues went viral on social media after they were seen travelling in business class on a flight from...

The Emirates airline has said the cabin ban on laptops on its flights to the United States has been lifted "effective immediately". In March, the...

The United States has denied visas to five teenage students from Gambia competing in a prestigious international robotics contest in Washington, the team's leader...

Ghanaian chef, Chef Elijah Amoo Addo has accepted a request by Queen Elizabeth to cook for her. Elijah Amoo Addo, a food stylist, was in...

A man has been charged with plotting to assassinate French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day during US President Donald Trump's visit to France,...

Facebook Inc  is challenging a gag order from a U.S. court that is preventing the company from talking about three government search warrants that...

Pope Francis sacked the head of the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases Saturday, just days after he released another top Vatican cardinal...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been placed under formal investigation over an alleged European parliament funding scandal. The allegations were passed to French...

New York, US - Rama Issa, a Syrian American, was supposed to get married this autumn in New York City.It was supposed to be...

US President Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on a female news anchor's alleged plastic surgery.He said MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski was "bleeding...

A woman has taken a male colleague to court in South Africa, alleging he secretly filmed her as she expressed breast milk at her...

The Vatican treasurer and Australia’s most senior Catholic figure, Cardinal George Pell, has been charged with sex offences in Australia.The charges relate to alleged...

Lex Haris, CNN’s investigations editor, traveled to a journalism conference in Phoenix last week. In hindsight, his timing was terrible.While Haris was away, his...

Tanzania has threatened to arrest and expel activists, as well as deregister all non-governmental organisations that campaign for gay rights.Homosexuality is a criminal offence...

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro called a “terrorist attack”.Footage on social media...

Kenya has withdrawn a proposed ban on used clothes by the East African regional bloc after threats by the United States to review trade...

President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible...

The US says it has identified "potential preparations" for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark warning to the Syrian government.The White...

Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine.A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were...

Saudi Arabia says it has foiled a “terrorist action” against the Grand Mosque in Mecca – Islam’s holiest site.A suicide bomber blew himself up...

In less than a year, a camp in northern Uganda has taken in more refugees than any other in the world, and all of...

A close friend of South Korea‘s former president has been jailed for three years for corruption. Choi Soon-sil’s conviction for soliciting favours for her daughter...

A sniper in the Canadian special forces shot and killed an Islamic State (IS) fighter from a distance of 2.1 miles (3,540m) in Iraq...

All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said.It is hoped the move will improve access to education in a...

EU citizens legally resident in the UK will be entitled to the same rights as British citizens after Brexit, the UK prime minister has...

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...