International

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...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new US sanctions against Moscow. The decision to...

A picture of the Kyrgyz president's youngest daughter feeding her baby dressed in her underwear has sparked a debate about breastfeeding and sexualisation. Aliya Shagieva...

Amid the fall-out from US President Donald Trump's announcement on Twitter that transgender people will not be able to serve in the US military,...

Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religious cult, state news agency Xinhua said. The group is notorious for some of...

Peace Delaly Nicoue, the youngest person to sit the Baccalaureate exam in Benin this year, has passed with top grades. The shy 11-year-old told BBC...

The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president's ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump's surprise...

North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader, Pyongyang's...

Khorsheeda Khatun had been left with nothing -- then that too was washed away The 28-year-old fled her home country of Myanmar in January with...

US President Donald Trump has issued a challenge to Republican senators to rally behind their healthcare bill, on the eve of a crucial vote. "Now...

Two Canadian religious leaders have been found guilty of practicing polygamy by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC). The trial heard Winston Blackmore, 61,...

A controversial new book about the last days of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been withdrawn by the publisher. Mandela's family had complained...

A suicide car bomb has exploded in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 24 people, officials have told the BBC. At least 42 were...

Prince William and Prince Harry have recalled the “fun” way their mother brought them up saying Princess Diana was a “total kid through and...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at a shake-up of the communications team. Mr Spicer stepped down because he was...

A five-year-old girl was fined £150 by a council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers. The girl's father Andre Spicer said his...

Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say. Four boys and two girls -...

Thousands of Brits are feared to have been caught up in a deadly earthquake off the coasts of Turkey, Rhodes and Kos which has...

A Saudi prince has been arrested on the orders of Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz after videos were circulated on social media which appeared...

The State minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Ms Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, says the failure by wives to respect their husbands is driving men...

US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, his son-in-law and his former campaign manager are to testify before Senate committees investigating alleged Russian meddling in...