It is believed to be longest that an embryo has been frozen before resulting in a successful live birth....
Local officials admit "loopholes in emergency planning" and say the incident is a painful lesson that serves as "a wake-up call"....
The killing of Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State group was shown in a grim video circulated online in 2015....
Extreme weather killed at least eight people in the city of Chengde just outside the Chinese capital Beijing, with 18 still unaccounted for....
Pete Davidson says he admired Eddie Murphy's work since he was seven....
Nearly two dozen flights to and from UK airports were cancelled on Thursday, a day after technical problems with Britain’s air traffic control system caused widespread disruption across the country....
Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital, killing 44 people and leaving nine still missing....
The US must agree to compensate Iran for losses incurred during the June war, the Financial Times reported, citing Iran’s foreign minister, as Tehran adopts a tougher stance and sets new conditions fo...
Canada plans to recognise the State of Palestine at a UN meeting in September....
A Russian strike on a military training camp killed at least three Ukrainian soldiers, following an overnight offensive in the south that killed a pregnant woman and a dozen prisoners....
The warnings impact certain varieties of High Noon vodka seltzers and Celsius energy drink cans....
A barrage of Russian drones and missiles have caused damage at more than two dozen locations across Kyiv....
Israel says it is examining the incident, but is "unaware" of casualties from Israeli gunfire....
Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, a dramatic policy shift that was immediately rejected by Israel....
Mark Carney says the move depends on Palestinian democratic reforms and elections without Hamas....
The Gaza health ministry says the figures for the last 24 hours take the overall toll of malnutrition deaths to 154 since 2023....
The Gaza Health Ministry reported seven more hunger-related deaths on Wednesday...
A tearful Sharon Osbourne accompanies Ozzy's coffin through Birmingham, watched by a large crowd....
The museum at the site of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau launched on Wednesday a campaign to fight Holocaust denial on social media....
Tsunami waves have been reported across the Pacific following the 8.8 magnitude quake, but there are no initial reports of severe damage or injuries....
By the evening, Japan, Hawaii and Russia had downgraded most of their tsunami warnings....
The United Arab Emirates has begun construction on a major pipeline to carry desalinated water from Egypt to southern Gaza, according to multiple sources....
After hearing that a nearby convenience store had been hit by shelling from Cambodia last week, Koon Kantho quickly packed her essentials, locked up her home and scurried to safety at a relative’s hou...
The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific occurred on what is known as a “megathrust fault”, where the denser Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the lighte...
More than 200 Kremlin critics and former political prisoners have expressed outrage at the visit of a high-ranking Moscow delegation to Switzerland....
Shanghai had evacuated almost 283,000 people from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas as Typhoon Co-May made landfall in the Chinese financial hub on Wednesday evening....
Villager Hu Yuefang returned to her home on the rural outskirts of Beijing to pick up medicine for her elderly and disabled father, only to find it had been washed away....
Belgium will take part in a multi-country operation coordinated by Jordan to airdrop aid to Gaza, the government announced Wednesday....
US President Donald Trump said that imports from India will face 25 percent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified "penalty" for New Delhi's purchases of Russian weapons and ener...
US President Donald Trump said that he fell out with Jeffrey Epstein because the convicted sex offender had poached staff from his club's spa....
India’s aviation watchdog found 51 safety lapses at Air India in its July audit, including lack of adequate training for some pilots, use of unapproved simulators and a poor rostering system, accordin...
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces...
England captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the fifth and deciding Test against India with a shoulder injury in a devastating blow for the home side....
The German sportswear giant sources most of its products from Vietnam and Indonesia....
Authorities in French Polynesia warned the population of several of the Marquesas Islands to expect tsunami waves up to 4m high after a huge quake off Russia’s Far east....
Nasa-Isro joint mission Nisar will record the minutest of changes in the land, sea or ice sheets....
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola addressed the Two-state Solution Conference....
Firefighters gained control over some of the dozens of wildfires scorching Portugal, as fears mounted that weather conditions could further fan the flames....
Following early warnings to evacuate coastal areas, thousands of Hawaiians head for higher ground - for many it isn't the first time....
Wednesday's tsunami warning is bringing back memories of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters....
From above, the night time brightness of Gaza City has reduced by a factor of 16 in the intervening period....
Unconditional support for Israel has long been an entry requirement in US Republican politics, but that orthodoxy is being challenged by Donald Trump’s populist base - where invocations of the “specia...
The Gaza Strip, largely deprived of electricity by Israel since the start of the war, appears seven times less bright at night than before October 7, 2023, according to AFP analysis of NASA satellite...
A Malaysian court has ordered police to resume a probe into the death of Dutch teenager Ivana Smit, vindicating her family’s allegations of a botched investigation into the eight-year-old case....
German sportswear giant Adidas said Wednesday it took a hit from US tariffs in the second quarter but did not indicate whether it would pass on rising costs to consumers....
Wellington Phoenix announced Wednesday that Priestman would take over as head coach of its women's team....
The United States is set to raise tariffs on dozens of trading partners Friday if they fail to reach accords with President Donald Trump....
Ukraine's military says three people were killed but Russia has claimed casualties were far higher....
Hawaiian authorities have seen no sign of a significant wave since beginning preparations for a tsunami after a powerful earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, governor Josh G...
A Russian strike on a military training camp killed at least three Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday....
US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to become a federal appellate judge in a 50-49 partisan vote....
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) across the Pacific....
Trade negotiations continue between India and the US but sticking points remain, especially around agriculture....
Tsunami warnings have been issued in Russia, Japan, Ecuador and Hawaii....
Trump has cut off aid to South Africa and offered Afrikaner farmers asylum...
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, damaging buildings and generating a tsunami of up to 4 m that prompted warnings and evacuations stretching across the Pa...
The zoo in Nuremberg said it knew many people would be "upset" or "infuriated" by the decision....
Workers barricaded doors and sent goodbye notes as a man roamed through a skyscraper killing people....
The PM says he will take the action in September, unless Israel takes steps including agreeing a ceasefire....
A new environmental licensing law has been criticised by environmentalists as Brazil prepares for COP30....
It comes as aid agencies warn Israel's recent measures to increase aid supplies are not enough....
Thousands more bodies are believed to be buried under rubble...
Britain will recognise the state of Palestine in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza and meets other conditions, British Prime Mini...
The pontiff warns about emerging technologies during the Vatican's first Mass for social media influencers....
Anderson claimed she came up with the name 'hula hoop' and played a crucial role in introducing the toy to the US....
Indian security forces have killed three gunmen who were involved in an attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir, home minister Amit Shah said....
A rising tide of artificial intelligence bands is ushering in a new era where work will be scarcer for musicians....
At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, regional officials said....
The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is reminiscent of last century's famines in Ethiopia and Nigeria's Biafra region which jointly claimed over two million lives, the UN food agency warned Tue...
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said that Hamas must disarm and give up control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority to restore security in the war-torn territory....
President Xi Jinping called for "all-out" rescue efforts and preparation for "worst-case" scenarios....
As Niger marks two years since the July 26, 2023 coup, the military junta faces a critical test. Has life improved under their rule - or has the promise of change fallen flat?...
Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of days, stretching the Chinese capital’s disaster management capabilities and prompting some experts...
Gaza's civil defence agency said Tuesday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians, including women and children, in the central Nuseirat district....
The attack is one of many on the frontline region of Zaporizhzhia as Trump renews demands for a ceasefire....
Two Israeli human rights organisations said Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the first major voices in Israeli society to level the strongest possible accusation against th...
The star has also become the highest-grossing Black artist of all time...
A gunman opened fire yesterday killing four people in New York....
Mustafa has also called for Hamas to relinquish control of Gaza and hand over its weapons...
The 73-year-old has become the first Colombian president to be convicted of a crime....
The scheme is China's first nationwide subsidy of its kind as the government tries to tackle a looming demographic crisis....
Authorities say Shane Devon Tamura travelled across the country from Las Vegas to open fire inside the skyscraper....
Cambodia says there have been "no armed clashes" between the two sides since the midnight ceasefire....
A gunman armed with an assault-style rifle killed four people inside a Manhattan skyscraper that houses the headquarters of the NFL and offices of several major financial firms and then shot himself d...
A man shot several people before taking his own life at an office building in New York....
Trump's lawyers argue that Murdoch is 94 and may not be available to testify in person due to “recent significant health scares"....
The US would work with other countries to provide more humanitarian assistance....
Police say a boy, 12, was among the victims of the latest mass shooting in a country plagued by drug violence....
France describes it as a "submission", though there is relief in Europe that a trade war has been averted....
Israel's government rejects the allegations in the separate reports by B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel....
The US administration’s decision to destroy nearly $10 million worth of women’s contraception products has sparked furious condemnation from doctors and aid groups, who have slammed the move as a wast...
The aircraft - valued at $400m - is being donated by Qatar as an "unconditional gift", with any retrofitting costs being borne by the US government....
The Kremlin says reports of a cyber-attack on Russia's national carrier Aeroflot are "worrying"....
The US president's comments come after Israel's prime minister said claims of hunger were a "lie"....
The US president says there is "no reason" for waiting amid little sign of progress towards peace....
Top US and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm on Monday to resume talks to resolve longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world’s top two economies, aiming to...
Greece and Turkey are among the countries battling wildfires as temperatures spike in southern Europe....
Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations....
Investigators are yet to reveal a motive for Saturday afternoon's attack in Traverse City....
The train driver, another rail employee and one passenger died, while 41 people were injured, prosecutors say....