Children under five constituted more than 40% of the cases reported in Europe and Central Asia last year....
President Cyril Ramaphosa is co-chairing the Eighth South Africa-European Union (SA-EU) Summit....
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte said he took full responsibility for his administration's "war on drugs", in a video message posted on his Facebook account....
The prosecutor's office said it raided 21 addresses in Belgium, according to local media....
The bodies of at least 25 people, including 21 hostages, killed in a train siege by separatist gunmen in Pakistan were retrieved from the site ahead of the first funerals, officials said....
Passengers tell the BBC of the 30-hour siege and their escape....
The southern African regional bloc decided to end its military deployment to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where it lost at least a dozen soldiers in January....
Iraq has repatriated more than 150 additional families from Al-Hol camp in neighbouring Syria, an Iraqi security official said on Thursday....
There are growing doubts about a pledge by rich nations to provide more climate finance to poorer nations, as foreign aid budgets are slashed and the US guts environmental spending....
China denies German media reports of an assessment carried out by spying agency BND in 2020 supporting the theory....
It is the first total lunar eclipse since 2022, but there will be another this September....
Australia's top diplomat urged a visiting American influencer to "leave the baby wombat alone", after a viral video appeared to show the woman pestering a young marsupial....
Aleksej Besciokov is wanted by the US for allegedly laundering money and violating sanctions....
Magwenya highlights that the event coincides with South Africa’s presidency of the G20...
A UK court will hear the appeals of the father and stepmother of a murdered British-Pakistani girl, who were jailed for life after killing the child following years of torture....
Pope Francis was for a time critically ill as he battled pneumonia in both lungs at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on February 14....
China has called for "dialogue" with the US to resolve spiralling trade tensions that have seen the world's two largest economies impose a slew of tariffs on each other's imports....
A video of two teens urinating into the broth in a Shanghai outlet is being shared widely online....
US president says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians from Gaza’ during White House meeting....
Immigration authorities are reviewing Sam Jones's visa as calls grow for her to be deported....
Duterte's arrest sends a strong signal that even powerful individuals may be held accountable for their actions....
US President Donald Trump expressed optimism that US negotiators could secure a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, with officials saying the US wants Russia to agree to an unconditional halt to hostilities...
Many people in and around the Italian city spend the night on the streets and in their cars, fearing aftershocks....
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country was ready to embrace a deal, and the United States had indicated it would issue a "strong" response if Putin refuses an acco...
Quentin Sommerville gains access to a cartel's operation as the US grapples with hundreds of thousands of opioid deaths....
It's possible SpaceX attempts another launch on Thursday, which would pave the way for the astronauts to return to earth....
Prime minister-designate's comments follow Canada's reciprocal tariffs on US imports after Trump slapped taxes on steel and aluminium....
The president said he can 'do things financially' that would be painful for Russia if the war continues....
Trump repeated trade threats after the European Union and Canada retaliated to US steel and aluminium tariffs....
The US president says he has proposed talks on a deal to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and to avert military action....
Jean-Pierre Maldera's death comes ten years after the disappearance of his brother Robert....
The International Court of Justice will hold hearings next month on Israel's humanitarian obligations towards Palestinians amid claims the Israeli government is blocking aid access to Gaza....
Khalil's lawyer Ramzi Kassem said his client had been allowed just one call....
An American dog owner was shot by his pet after it jumped on his bed and set off a loaded gun, police said Wednesday....
One cartel member tells the BBC's Quentin Sommerville the impact of the illegal drug is "not my problem"....
Duterte, who led a "drug war" that killed thousands, was arrested for alleged crimes against humanity....
The ex-president is on his way to the International Criminal Court following his arrest in Manila....
More than 30 militants were killed in the operation, a military spokesperson says....
A letter from US President Donald Trump to Iran's clerical establishment was delivered by Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, Iran's foreign ministry spokes...
The US is expected to present a 30-day ceasefire proposal to Russia in the coming days....
Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are meeting mediators for the first time since the truce began in January....
The Pentagon says it is scrapping 91 social science-related studies....
The centre-right opposition has won a surprise victory in legislative elections in Greenland, the Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, as support also surged for the nationalist Nale...
Lawyers for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, believed headed to the ICC over his deadly crackdown on drugs, filed a petition demanding his return to Manila....
Here is what we know about the health of Francis, who will mark on Thursday 12 years as head of the Catholic Church and its almost 1.4 billion followers....
The EU put on a quick show of force Wednesday against sweeping new US steel and aluminium tariffs, striking back with countermeasures that seek to hurt the US....
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say....
A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 47-year-old woman and wounded at least nine other people, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak said....
More than 400 passengers were on board a train in south-west Pakistan when armed militants attacked....
Saint Laurent showed a lineup of colourful dresses at the Paris Fashion Week...
SA has reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to the Beijing Declaration on women empowerment....
A committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said the country was determined to "prevent unlawful revenge"....
France's European Affairs Minister said EU could go further in response to the US tariffs....
If South Korea formally impeaches its suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law debacle, one firebrand pastor says he is ready for "revolution"....
The voting was dominated by US President Donald Trump's pledge to take over Denmark's autonomous territory....
Duty on steel and aluminium imports is a major hit for some of the US's top trading partners....
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed to Canada on the highest-level visit by the administration of US President Donald Trump, who has unleashed a trade war....
Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza as a standoff over the truce escalated...
Indian Americans are optimistic about India’s future, but wary of US-India ties under a second Trump term....
It's time for Russia's intentions towards Ukraine to be tested in public, writes the BBC's Paul Adams....
President Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the truce....
The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far higher....
Ukraine agreed to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the conflict with Russia during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia, the countries said in a joint statement....
British police arrested a 59-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a ship crash in the North Sea that sparked a massive blaze, leaving one crew member missing and pre...
Musk's net worth has reportedly dropped by a staggering $120 billion...
Calin Georgescu loses a bid to overturn a ruling barring him from participating in next May's vote....
The exhibition is the first of its kind in Britain...
March 11 - Wall Street's main indexes fell in choppy trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced fresh tariffs on Canada, adding to investor unease that his trade policies could tr...
PM Luís Montenegro is set to lose a vote of confidence, pitching his country into a third election in as many years....
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will buy a "brand new Tesla" in support of his top donor and close advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk....
TikTok said Tuesday it would allow parents to limit the time their teens spend on the app as the Chinese-owned social network confronts political fallout from rising claims on excessive screen time....
The Trump administration's sweeping foreign aid cuts will send tuberculosis cases and deaths soaring around the world, humanitarian workers have warned....
Prosecutors say the Argentine legend's death could have been avoided and accuse hospital staff of negligence....
Ukraine said talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia began "very constructively" on Tuesday, with a partial ceasefire with Russia on the table hours after Kyiv conducted its largest drone attack...
Police say at least three people were injured in the attack and it is unclear how many people are being held hostage....
Australian police said they have charged 14 members of an organised crime ring accused of menacing the country with attacks dressed up as religiously motivated hate crimes....
The nation's security service says there is a "tangible risk" of the security situation deteriorating further....
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called for a "surge" in European defence spending, as the 27-nation bloc faces an aggressive Russia and faltering US support....
Ukraine has launched a "massive" drone attack against Moscow that killed at least one person, injured several others and saw the shutdown of airports and damaged residential buildings, officials and a...
Chikunga will present Pretoria's Beijing Plus 30 progress report to the Commission later this week....
The US energy secretary at an industry gathering vowed to reset federal energy policy to favour fossil fuels and deprioritise climate change....
Trump has hinted that concessions will be needed as he pushes for peace talks between the two...
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs....
The Air India plane heading from Chicago to Delhi had to turn around after most of its toilets broke down....
President Trump says more arrests will follow, as protesters demonstrate against the detention of Mahmoud Khalil....
Rodrigo Duterte is accused of 'crimes against humanity' in a crackdown that left thousands dead....
Rights groups have condemned the sentence, made under a controversial online hate-speech law....
US president Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will buy a new Tesla car to show support for the electric carmaker's chief and his ally Elon Musk amid recent "Tesla Takedown" protests and the slump in th...
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA has warned that the situation in Gaza is "deteriorating very, very quickly", more than a week after Israel again halted all supplies from entering...
A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily restore grants for teacher preparation in eight states that it nixed as part of its efforts to eradicate diversity, eq...
At least one person is killed in the overnight attack involving at least 73 drones, local officials say....
Duterte has denied ordering police to kill drug suspects unless in self-defence....
MPs take the first step in making it easier to open bars in rural communities to revive socialising....
The militia alliance that controls much of north-eastern Syria will merge with new state institutions, the presidency says....
The Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni feud has shone a light on a part of the entertainment industry that many of those within it would rather remain invisible....
Social media company considered letting Beijing control content for access to its lucrative market, BBC told....
Russia has previously rejected a temporary ceasefire, calling it an attempt to buy time....
Nate Vance said his cousin and Trump were acting like 'useful idiots' to Putin...
Elon Musk said X was hit by a major cyber attack on Monday as outages plagued users of the platform once known as Twitter....
X was facing intermittent outages according to Downdetector....