Japan accounts for about 20% of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater...
The court is hearing arguments in Trump v Slaughter - a case that could have major implications for the independence of some federal agencies....
A White House official says announcement was due to be made at a 2pm (1900 GMT) roundtable....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet the heads of NATO and the European Union for talks on Monday, the alliance said, in the latest leg of diplomacy over US efforts to end Russia’s war....
At least five people have been killed in the most serious confrontation between both sides since July....
The thieves enter the library in normal opening hours, stuffing the art works into a canvas bag....
EU countries are expected to approve a significant tightening of Europe’s immigration policy, including endorsing the concept of setting up “return hubs” for migrants outside the 27-nation bloc....
Lawmakers in the United States have urged the release of a video of a controversial double-tap strike on a vessel in the Caribbean amid growing scrutiny of the legality of Washington’s militarised ant...
The woman claiming she was carrying the ex-Tottenham captain's child and extorted $200,000 from him....
The half-buried body of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley was discovered by her father in October 2018....
Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria, officials and local media have reported....
Tokyo has vowed a 'calm and resolute' response as tensions with Beijing continue to escalate....
The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum's security infrastructure under scrutiny....
UN appealed for an aid budget only half the size of what it had hoped for this year...
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the southern state of Texas may proceed with using a controversial map of congressional districts designed to favour Republicans in the 2026 midterm elec...
Sir Keir Starmer will also welcome the leaders of France and Germany as Europe looks to respond to a US-led push for a peace deal....
One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses....
Thailand launched air strikes on its neighbour Cambodia, the Thai army said, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption of fighting on their disputed border which killed a Thai soldier....
Alfredo Díaz, 56, died in prison cell on Saturday, human rights groups say, prompting opposition outcry....
Texas Representative Henry Cuellar is running for re-election as a Democrat after Trump pardoned him....
The city government said the final turnout in the Legislative Council election was 31.9%,...
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US....
The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA says....
The pop star posted a string of photographs of herself and the former Canadian Prime Minster....
Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermittently since December last year....
Lawh Wa Qalam is dedicated to the late Indian artist whose prolific paintings fascinated the world....
Fares were last capped during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020....
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire that angered some....
More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when powerful rains lashed the South East Asian country last week....
Letters from the victims to their loved ones reveal desperate pleas for embassy assistance. Martin Macharia's is seeking help to retrieve his body from the warfront....
Staff and tourists are among the dead, authorities say and their nationalities are not yet known....
The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is set to take place in February....
The Ukrainian president says he is "determined" to continue working with US, as strikes on Ukraine continue....
The Trump administration is adding Flag Day, which is also President Trump's birthday, to its list of fee-free entry days at national parks....
Images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday....
Andrew Wolfe, 24, is expected to remain in acute care with a head wound for a few more weeks, his family says....
Multiple homes were left damaged after a wildfire swept through a coastal area north of Sydney....
For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank....
The World Cup draw marked the first time that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has met Trump, and the trio briefly discussed trade....
A similar request was rejected earlier this year, but a law passed by Congress last month overrides it....
Trump, who called the decision "very good", has directed the health department to look into making more changes to childhood vaccinations....
It might seem like a simple merger deal, but it's got all the ingredients of a Hollywood drama....
Wang Fuk Court consisted of eight government-subsidized housing towers built near a pier....
Thomas Markle is reported to be seriously ill in hospital in the Philippines....
Talks between senior US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida continue for a third day on Saturday....
Both sides accuse the other of starting the overnight fighting and breaching a fragile ceasefire agreed in October....
Gehry was known for his experimental metallic designs....
Yangchen Lachungpa is accused of building trafficking corridors leading out of the country....
Donald Trump's controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship had been rejected by lower courts....
This is an increase from the 90 billion shekels budgeted in an earlier draft....
Deals have been signed in civil nuclear energy and critical minerals during the Russian PM's stay in India....
Santosh Devi is proud to have brought light and hope to her hamlet in western India....
Lawyers for the Chinese online platform Shein return to a Paris court on Friday for a hearing on the French government’s request to suspend the firm’s website for three months, after childlike sex dol...
Survivors in Indonesia were piecing back shattered lives Friday after devastating floods killed more than 1,600 people across five countries...
The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe's strongest conventional army....
Modi and Putin are expected to discuss topics including labour and civil nuclear energy....
The streaming giant has emerged as the top bidder ahead of rivals Comcast and Paramount Skydance, reports say....
The Mediterranean's first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity will open off Italy next year....
UN's climate science body must tell the world in a "very clear way" that humans are heating the planet....
Heavy rain in Vietnam triggered flooding that killed at least two people and caused more than a dozen landslides....
IndiGo, India's largest carrier, has said operations will return to full normalcy only by 10 February....
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment....
Cherished Christmas tradition for some, profoundly insulting for others, the Dutch character “Black Pete”, a servant who helps Santa Claus distribute presents, has divided opinion in The Netherlands f...
Politicians in the self-governing Danish territory have voted to overturn legislation which banned abortion in most cases....
Tetsuya Yamagami said during his trial that he felt '"deeply sorry" towards Abe's widow Akie....
The man allegedly tried to steal the diamond-studded egg named after the James Bond film Octopussy....
Miles Kwan was detained after he launched a petition demanding answers from Hong Kong authorities....
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said recent talks with United States negotiators over ending the war with Ukraine were “very useful”, while doubling down on the maximalist demands and territorial...
Admiral Frank Bradley, who gave the order for a second strike on a drug boat, was on Capitol Hill briefing lawmakers about the September incident....
An erroneous alert warning of a major Nevada earthquake reached as far as California before being withdrawn....
His Popular Forces group says Abu Shabab was shot while attempting to resolve a family dispute and not killed by Hamas....
The body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer, is the last not yet returned by Hamas from Gaza....
The Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah sites, less than 24 hours after Israel and Lebanon sent civilian envoys to meet....
South Africa will not be lobbying any sovereign state to boycott Sherpa meetings...
The Russian leader's comments come as US and Ukrainian negotiators are due to hold a new round of talks....
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza....
Ukraine wants “real peace, not appeasement” with Russia, its foreign minister said on Thursday at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the security and rights body seeking a role f...
Palestinians are clearing rubble from archaeological sites, but restoration is hampered by Israeli restrictions on building materials....
The bombs were placed the night before the 6 January riots, and were discovered as rioters began to storm the Capitol....
A US military commander is expected tell lawmakers that survivors of a military strike in the Caribbean were legitimate targets for a second attack because their vessel was still believed to contain i...
President Ramaphosa says he is not having sleepless nights over Trump's attitudes towards SA....
The European Commission on Thursday unveiled a new plan to combat drug trafficking and to alert member states more quickly about new psychotropic substances circulating on the continent....
Israel’s army said the remains of the second-to-last Gaza hostage - a Thai national - to be handed over had been identified....
A doctor who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed was jailed in California on Wednesday....
Rubio echoes Trump’s view that South Africa won’t join G20 under U.S. rule claim Pretoria rejects...
The draft was adopted with 91 votes in favour, 12 against and 57 abstentions....
The new images come as a deadline for the broader release of documents held by the US government looms....
Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the US for her involvement in an alleged sex trafficking ring run by billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, has said she is planning to f...
A survivor tells the BBC he feels guilty he didn't save more people from the blaze at his block of flats....
Singh had appealed against a guilty verdict of lying to a parliamentary committee in 2021....
Somali-Americans tell of their heightened fear after the US president intensified his criticism of the community....
Investors had accused Adidas of misleading them as its relationship with the rapper showed cracks....
Critics have voiced concern over the pervasiveness of stalking and violence against women in South Korea....
The tech giant will begin closing accounts for under 16 year olds, a week before an official ban....
BBC editors explain what is at stake as Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a two-day visit to India....
The Trump administration announced increased vetting of applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, with an internal State Department memo saying that anyone involved in “censorship” of free...
Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in the south of the country....
US immigration officials kicked off an operation in New Orleans to arrest immigrants in the US illegally, federal officials said on Wednesday, making it the latest city to be targeted by President Don...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha spoke after high-stakes talks on ending the war failed to produce tangible results....
Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled on Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll in the disaster that hit four countries topped 1 300....