There are fears the death toll will rise after raging floods destroyed roads, submerged buildings and ravaged farmland....
The vessel capsized on Saturday afternoon carrying 48 tourists and five crew members...
This brings the nationwide death toll to 14 with 12 people missing....
A tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam's Ha Long Bay capsized in a storm on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 34 people dead....
Pop star Charli XCX tied the knot with the drummer of band The 1975 on Saturday....
Right-wing politicians claim Poland is being flooded by illegal migrants - but official data does not back their claim....
The company said its leader had not met the expected standard of conduct and accountability....
The offer comes amid renewed fighting and seeks to resume negotiations that were halted in early June....
At least 28 people have died and more than a dozen are missing after a tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay capsized on Saturday, state media said....
More than 100 others were also injured near two sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to the Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence agency....
The incident happened in Vietnam's busy Ha Long Bay during bad weather, and at least 14 people are missing, local reports say....
At least three people are killed in the barrage, which the Ukrainian president says targeted 10 regions....
An “unknown vehicle” drove into a crowd in Hollywood in the early hours of Saturday, injuring 28 people, the Los Angeles Fire Department has said, without providing information on the cause of the inc...
US President Donald Trump has sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal for at least $10 billion over publication of a bombshell article on his friendship with the infamous alleged...
At least 20 people are injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, emergency services say....
As the forum enters its second decade, Xinhua is committed to working with its BRICS counterparts to tell the Global South's stories more effectively...
US President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners for at least $10 billion...
The Syrian leader's move comes after days of clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in Suweida, reported to have killed hundreds....
Big screen footage of the two people went viral after reports they were colleagues and at least one was married to another person....
Trump had threatened to force Murdoch to "testify in my lawsuit against him and his 'pile of garbage' newspaper"....
Some 250 Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador were exchanged for 10 Americans held by Caracas....
Stoltenberg says that it is important to achieve concrete results in the face of challenges....
Eighteen miners are in good health after a 12-hour-long rescue operation, Colombia's National Mining Agency says....
Federal agents are investigating, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blast....
President Donald Trump attempted on Friday to control the storm triggered by a bombshell report on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, ordering the Justice Department to seek the release of testimony...
The Belgian turned up at the home of Sophie Vouzelaud in France only to realise he had been a victim of fraud....
A court in Brazil also bars the ex-president from using social media and put him under 24-hour surveillance....
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday had his home searched by police and was ordered to wear an ankle monitor, adding to legal pressure that US President Donald Trump has tried to end b...
One woman tells the BBC she cowered in her home waiting for gunmen to enter and "decide whether we should live or die"....
During the call, the pope renewed his appeal for a ceasefire....
The record rainfall has prompted authorities to raise the weather-related disaster alert to its highest level....
Tourism authorities say foreigners are "temporarily" not allowed to visit the Wonsan Kalma resort....
The United Nations rights chief demanded on Friday that Syria’s interim authorities ensure accountability after days of deadly clashes in the southern city of Suweida that reportedly left hundreds dea...
The EU on Friday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow’s oil exports....
Thai police this week arrested a woman accused of bedding at least 11 monks in violation of their vows of celibacy, before blackmailing them with thousands of secretly taken photos of their trysts....
China has a "plentiful" toolbox to avoid an economic slump in the second half of the year, its commerce minister said on Friday as he admitted it faced a "very severe and complex situat...
England roared into the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Thursday after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defen...
South Korea is set to overhaul its adoption system on Saturday by ending the decades-old practice of outsourcing adoptions to private agencies...
Police uncover an international baby trafficking syndicate which sold at least 25 infants in Singapore....
The network called it a financial decision tied to the "challenging backdrop in late night" television....
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) documented a significant outbreak of brutality in the killings that gripped Suweida province....
The 56-year-old daredevil skydiver and helicopter pilot lost control of his paraglider in Italy....
Merz was visiting the UK to boost defence ties with Germany, as part of a historic friendship treaty....
The president's press secretary says bruising on his hands is consistent with damage from frequent handshakes while taking aspirin....
Trump's supporters and opponents alike have demanded more disclosures related to the disgraced financier....
Trump’s ultrasound revealed a chronic venous insufficiency, a benign and common condition....
PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Thursday's strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City was a "mistake"....
It is one of at least three wooden sleds made for the filming of the classic 1941 film....
An Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed three people on Thursday, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as Israel said it “never targets” religious sites and regretted any harm to...
The personal details of spies and soldiers were included in a data leak that also named 19,000 Afghans....
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture Syria and promised to protect its Druze minority on Thursday after US intervention to help achieve a truce in fighting between govern...
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are considering a deal that involves Washington buying battlefield-tested Ukrainian drones in exchange for Kyiv purchasing weapons fro...
Pope Leo XIV hopes to visit Turkey in the coming months for a Christian religious commemoration, in what could be his first overseas trip as pontiff....
The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system....
The US singer insists there's still room for music after being cast in another film this week....
Tens of thousands of campers arrive at the Belgium site as festival managers focus on "finding solutions"....
The Israeli military said it was aware of the reports that the Church of the Holy Family was hit by Israeli artillery shells....
The US Senate approved early Thursday a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that would cancel more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting....
Ahmed al-Sharaa spoke after Israel said it would destroy government forces it accused of attacking Druze in Syria....
Most of the victims of the fire are women and children, the regional governor says....
Israel vows to destroy Syria’s government forces attacking Druze....
There is little clarity on how they came to be in a forest infested with snakes and wild animals....
A cockpit recording indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines...
It is not clear why Maurene Comey was removed from her job at the elite justice department office in Manhattan....
A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, highlighting the country's fragile security landscape....
Coca-Cola said they "appreciate President Trump's enthusiasm", without confirming they plan to make the tweak....
It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor....
President Zelensky called the strike in Dobropillia "horrific", accusing Russia of "trying to take as many lives as possible"....
The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on Earth....
Israel says it is "working to save our Druze brothers", but Syria accuses it of "treacherous aggression"....
Footage on social media shows flames ravaging the Belgian festival's main stage, just two days before it opens....
The US has for years expressed concerns about China’s role in handling network traffic....
A dramatic strike on Syria's military headquarters in Damascus....
US President Donald Trump blasted “foolish” Republican supporters on Wednesday as he went on the attack against anyone questioning his administration’s handling of the case of dead sex criminal Jeffre...
After days of struggling to brush off what he now claims is a Democratic hoax, Trump took his most combative tone yet to try and shut down the issue....
Israel is contesting the warrants issued against Netanyahu and Gallant....
Israel bombed the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the country’s Druze minority alone, as authorities announced a ceasefire in the...
From their base in Colorado, Space Force units track missiles fired anywhere in the world....
The US president admitted he had broached sacking Jerome Powell but rowed back on removing him hours later....
Slovakia vetoed the approval of the sanctions during a meeting of EU countries' ambassadors...
Prime Minister François Bayrou has angered MPs with a bid to cut two public holidays to rescue the country's finances....
The hip-hop star's killing has been linked to a local gangland conflict....
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel's attacks during last month's 12-day war were intended to weaken the Islamic republic's system and spark unr...
People flock to GHF sites hungry and exhausted, they get squeezed into small spaces....
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he had launched an investigation into Brazil’s “unfair” trading practices, a week after US President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on imports from La...
Mike Huckabee calls for "accountability" after a young Palestinian-American was beaten to death in an attack by settlers....
The actress already had nine points on her licence before the speeding incident occurred last summer....
Vance Boelter has not entered a plea for the deadly 14 June attacks, for which he also faces state charges....
Two people were killed in New Jersey during flash flooding as severe storms lashed the New York City area on Monday night into Tuesday, submerging cars and flooding subway stations....
US deports five migrants convicted of violent crimes including child rape and murder to Eswatini after rejection by their home countries; deportees are Asian and Caribbean....
At least 248 people have been killed in southern Syria's Sweida province following days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces, a war monitor said on Wednesday....
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 19 were trampled to death and one was stabbed at the site in the Khan Younis area....
US President Donald Trump said the US Justice Department should release all “credible” information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criti...
The women, known as "Ms Golf", allegedly had sexual relations with monks and extorted money from them....
Auctioneers in London say it's thought to be the only oil portrait the Indian independence leader sat for....
US President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani to discuss negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X....
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed case for his faltering political dynasty....
Fauja Singh was out on his afternoon walk on Monday when he was hit by a speeding car. Police have arrested the driver....
Sales, branding and tight cost controls have helped Pop Mart's profits balloon in the first half of 2025....
South Korea is notorious for its hyper-competitive education system....