US boat strikes are crimes against humanity, says former ICC prosecutor
The Trump administration has sought to justify the strikes by saying it is in an armed conflict with drugs gangs....
The Trump administration has sought to justify the strikes by saying it is in an armed conflict with drugs gangs....
Three weeks after the spectacular jewel theft at the Louvre, the museum is heavily criticised for neglecting security....
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called for sexual harassment to be made a crime nationwide after being groped on the street in an attack that underscored the dangers women in the Latin American co...
Afghanistan used to produce more than 80% of global opium but a Taliban ban has cut that to a fraction....
Cars, walls and postboxes have been defaced, in what appears to be human blood....
Kalmaegi, one of the strongest typhoons this year, has gained strength as it barrels toward central Vietnam....
US officials said the scheduled capacity for flights was being cut by 10% in 40 busy air traffic areas nationwide, as the longest government shutdown drags on....
The G20 Health Ministers are discussing global health issues and solutions....
New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner admitted to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material, which he had stored on his work devices....
The center-left Kirchner, a dominant and polarizing figure in Argentine politics for over two decades, served two terms from 2007-2015....
Trump has ramped up his use of artificial intelligence-generated content on his Truth Social channel since starting his second White House term....
Boeing reached a last-minute settlement on one of two lawsuits in this week's trial in Chicago over the 2019 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people....
The US presented a draft UN Security Council resolution to partner nations aimed at bolstering US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,...
The Presidency says 17 men were lured to join mercenary forces involved in the Ukraine-Russia war...
A new study has found certain corals are more resilient in warmer waters, giving hope to the world-famous reef....
The palliative care nurse was convicted of the murder of 10 patients, and the attempted murder of 27 others....
More than 74 million people in Bihar are eligible to vote in a key election that kicks off on Thursday....
Police have reclassified Iris Hsieh's "sudden death" as murder and remanded Namewee in custody....
If the court rules against Trump's tariffs, it could force the US to refund some of the billions it has collected....
Flight capacity will be cut 10% across the country, as air traffic controllers report experiencing fatigue, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said....
Three other Italian climbers have been confirmed dead this week....
Video of the incident, which was live streamed, has been shared widely on the internet....
Claudia Sheinbaum says she is pressing charges because "a line must be drawn" against the harassment of Mexican women....
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson....
If the person's identity is confirmed as that of a dead hostage, it will mean six others are still in Gaza....
The opulent Ritz Hotel, in the heart of Paris, is likely to be a prominent target of the investigation....
"South Africa shouldn't even be in the G's anymore,": Donald Trump...
15 out of 27 European Union countries have recorded bird flu outbreaks on farms so far this season...
Jared Isaacman's initial nomination was withdrawn by the president in May during his high-profile feud with Elon Musk....
Prosecutors said he injected the mostly elderly patients with large doses of sedatives or painkillers...
Iran must “seriously improve” cooperation with the UN inspectors to avoid heightening tensions with the West, the Financial Times reported, citing International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Gross...
A man in his early 30s drove deliberately into people on the Ile d'Oléron off the French coast, a local mayor says....
Officials from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority boarded the Coral Adventurer on Wednesday morning local time....
Democrats swept a trio of races in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead...
Helen Garner's How to End a Story: Collected Diaries is first diary to win Baillie Gifford prize....
After entering the race largely unnoticed, the new mayor of New York City can expect to face serious scrutiny in office....
California voted overwhelmingly to redraw its electoral districts, in a poll Democrats called to counter efforts by US President Donald Trump to gerrymander in Republican states....
New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor Tuesday and Democrats won two key state governor races as US voters delivered an early warning to President Donald Trump ahead of 2026’s midterms...
Thirty-four-year-old Mamdani's becomes the first Muslim mayor of the Big Apple....
The blaze broke out on the seventh floor of the facility in the town of Tuzla, local media reported....
At least 11 people were injured when the plane exploded during takeoff near Louisville International Airport....
It is a historic moment as Mamdani also becomes the first South Asian and Muslim to lead the city....
The ban takes effect on 10 December and also includes Facebook, X, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram....
It is the latest in a string of suspected drone sightings causing disruptions at European airports....
The federal budget from Canada's PM seeks to attract business investment and protect sectors hit by the ongoing trade war with the Trump administration....
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are thought to have been the last French people held in Iran....
The semi-submersible vessel was bound for various European countries, officials say....
Gopichand Hinduja helped transform his father's modest textile and trading businesses into a global conglomerate....
Fierce battles are taking place in the Donetsk town that Russia has been trying to occupy for over a year....
The prolonged government shutdown on Tuesday entered its 35th day....
The Israeli military says the remains will be transferred to its forces in Gaza, who will take them to Israel for identification....
Airports across the US are experiencing major delays and cancellations due to an uptick in absences from air traffic controllers, who are under “immense stress and fatigue” from the ongoing, record-br...
New Yorkers looked set to elect a young Muslim leftist as mayor on Tuesday as US voters cast judgment for the first time on Donald Trump’s tumultuous second presidency in nationwide local elections....
Once hailed as an empowering figure, Tanzania’s first female leader is now being labeled a dictator....
As his hometown of New York votes for its next mayor, United States President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat and former New York state governor who is standing as...
Cheney became one of the most powerful vice-presidents in US history under George W Bush....
Hours before polls opened in the heated New York mayoral race on Monday, United States President Donald Trump backed Andrew Cuomo and threatened to pull federal funds if Democrat Zohran Mamdani won....
Cheney lost his life due to complications of pneumonia....
Dick Cheney, the former US vice president to George W Bush, has died....
New Yorkers are projected to elect Democrat Zohran Mamdani as mayor, opening a new front in opposition to Donald Trump and raising the specter the president will retaliate against the city where he ma...
The prime minister has promised "generational investments" and warned of "sacrifices" as he seeks to transform an economy upended by US tariffs....
The Bai family is among notorious crime gangs ensnared in a crackdown on scam networks....
Though President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, his agenda looms large over the races in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia....
Australian government is introducing laws requiring streamers to invest a minimum amount in local content....
Typhoon Kalmaegi has flooded large areas, including entire towns on the island of Cebu....
Kim Yong Nam, who is unrelated to Pyongyang's ruling dynasty, was seen as the North's face on the global stage....
Shankar, a 29-year-old male elephant, died in September after spending much of his life in isolation....
The death toll from a week of flooding and record rains in central Vietnam rose to 40, authorities said, as another powerful storm bore down on the battered region....
Lima denounced the decision to grant Betssy Chávez, an alleged co-author of an attempted coup, as an "unfriendly act"....
Asian e-commerce giant Shein on Tuesday pledged to “cooperate fully” with judicial authorities after French prosecutors opened an investigation over the sale of childlike sex dolls on the platform....
New Yorkers are projected to elect leftist Zohran Mamdani as mayor, opening a new front in opposition to Donald Trump and raising the spectre the president will retaliate against the city where he mad...
Zohran Mamdani will make history in being the first Muslim to run America if he wins the election....
The Israeli military’s top lawyer, Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has resigned after admitting to leaking footage showing the gang rape of a prisoner at the Sde Teiman prison facility in August...
Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents....
Her daughter, actress Laura Dern, who acted in many films with her, confirmed her death, saying "we were blessed to have her"....
The shutdown has deprived more than 40 million Americans of food assistance, known as Snap, since Saturday....
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has sent thousands more people fleeing in Sudan as it prepares a new offensive after atrocities committed during its assault on el-Fasher in the western reg...
ICC says investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by RSF in Sudans El-Fasher city and Darfur region, invites evidence for prosecution....
Five million of the more than six million Jews killed in the Holocaust have now been identified. With the further help of artificial intelligence (AI), even more names could be recovered, Israeli rese...
The Grammy-winning reggae singer says the storm was "very frightening, especially for my young kids"....
A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree....
A worker is trapped after a section of the Torre dei Conti, on the edge of the famous Roman Forum, gave way....
US President Donald Trump has repeated his threat of a military operation in Nigeria over the killings of Christians, and that it could be ground or air attacks....
The seven-year agreement will see OpenAI gain access to Nvidia graphics processors to train its artificial intelligence models....
Left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading many opinion polls in Tuesday's mayoral race....
A search is continuing in the Dolakha district for four other foreigners who are feared dead....
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visited South Korea for talks expected to involve Washington’s goal of reshaping the role of US troops in Korea....
The country's Defence Minister Theo Francken said it looked like an espionage operation, but he wanted to be "cautious" about speculating....
The building was still standing, but showing significant internal damage....
US President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for the UK royal family following King Charles III’s decision to strip Andrew of his titles over ties to Jeffrey Epstein....
US President Donald Trump sent mixed signals about potential US intervention in Venezuela, playing down concerns of imminent war against the South American nation but saying its leader Nicolas Maduro’...
A year after flash floods killed 229 people in the Valencia region, Carlos Mazón acknowledged "mistakes" were made....
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking the video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee....
Namewee is known for his satirical songs about taboo topics, from religion to China's censorship....
But the actor adds that he has no regrets about calling for Biden to quit the US presidential race....
Chris Wright says the tests will be "non-critical explosions", meaning that Americans would not be seeing mushroom clouds....
Israel said it had received the remains of three additional captives from Hamas as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under a US-brokered ceasefire agreement for Gaza....
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom....
Viswashkumar Ramesh describes the pain and anguish he is enduring despite surviving the disaster....
The former government officials are suspected of accepting bribes....