Nine people have been killed, including six tourists, and 164 injured in an earthquake that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwest China's...
A man murdered his wife before killing himself at their home with their three children inside, police say.
The woman, 26, was "violently attacked" before...
Becoming a pilot is far from easy, but challenging gender stereotypes and becoming a female aviator is even harder.
This didn't stop Indian pilot Anny...
It's not what most people expect to see when they're swiping through their selfies.
At the Wilderness Festival near his Oxfordshire home this weekend, David...
UK tobacco firm British American Tobacco (BAT) says it is under official investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations it paid bribes...
Relatives of Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma say the two men have been re-arrested.
They were under house arrest after accusations of...
A Malawian court has granted the police a warrant of arrest in respect of the country’s former president, Joyce Banda.
According to a police statement...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new US sanctions against Moscow.
The decision to...
A picture of the Kyrgyz president's youngest daughter feeding her baby dressed in her underwear has sparked a debate about breastfeeding and sexualisation.
Aliya Shagieva...
Two Canadian religious leaders have been found guilty of practicing polygamy by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC).
The trial heard Winston Blackmore, 61,...
A controversial new book about the last days of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been withdrawn by the publisher.
Mandela's family had complained...
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at a shake-up of the communications team.
Mr Spicer stepped down because he was...
US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, his son-in-law and his former campaign manager are to testify before Senate committees investigating alleged Russian meddling in...
Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, his office says.
His treatment may include a...
US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a second, previously undisclosed meeting at the G20 in Germany earlier this month,...
