International

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...

Almost two months since Unicef director Charlotte Nikoi’s disappearance, President Jacob Zuma appealed to anyone who may have information to come forward and assist...

The remains of at least 7,000 people may be buried beneath the University of Mississippi, officials estimate.The bodies of the state's first mental institution...

“The connectivity that is the heart of globalisation can be exploited by states with hostile intent to further their aims. The risks at stake...

More than 30 people - almost all of them schoolchildren - have been killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania, officials say.They say...

Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to...

Nicole Kushner Meyer, the sister of White House adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, spoke at an event in Beijing on Saturday.She was...

More than 30 people - almost all of them schoolchildren - have been killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania, officials say.They say...

A US soldier has been killed in Somalia during operations against al-Shabab militants, the American military says.Two other US servicemen were injured in Thursday's...

Theresa May has accused European politicians of making "threats" against Britain to try to influence the general election result.The PM launched a stinging attack...

A fully functioning replica of RMS Titanic is set to launch in 2018, 106 years after the original vessel sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean.This...