A Somali sports official has been suspended after an apparently untrained female sprinter represented the African country at an international athletics tournament in China. Nasra Abukar...
Most of the work done by women around the world is unpaid, according to a new Oxfam report. The charity estimates around 65% of women’s working...
Britain is reducing the number of staff at its embassy in Niger following last week’s military coup amid the threat of pro-junta demonstrations. A group of...
One person has reportedly died and 12 others were injured in South Korea after a man drove a car onto a pavement and rammed pedestrians, before...
A gunman will be sentenced to death after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Jurors found...
Donald Trump is facing four criminal charges relating to attempts to overturn the 2020 election result as prosecutors try to tie him to the January 6...
A “cancer-killing pill” has appeared to “annihilate” solid tumours in early research – leaving healthy cells unaffected. The new drug has been in development for 20...
Donald Trump is facing four criminal charges relating to attempts to overturn the 2020 election result as prosecutors try to tie him to the January 6...
A US architect charged with murdering three women and suspected of killing a fourth has appeared in court – as his estranged wife said the pair’s...
China is to limit the export of long-range drones over fears they are being converted for military use in Ukraine. Beijing says it will limit the...
A British pensioner who killed his terminally ill wife in Cyprus to end her suffering has visited her grave for the first time the day after...
Myanmar’s junta has pardoned ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for some of the offences she denies – more than two years after she was...
At least 11 people have died in Beijing after one of the strongest storms to hit the country in years. Dozens more are missing in the...
At least 16 construction workers were killed and several others feared trapped after a crane collapsed during the building of a bridge in India. Footage showed...
A British woman is among three people killed in a major car crash on a motorway in northern France. The woman was named in media reports...
Mali and Burkina Faso have warned other West African nations that military intervention in Niger will be considered a declaration of warfare against them. It comes...
A zoo in China has denied suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of the animals standing like humans circulated online....
England have won the final Ashes Test match after a thrilling finish to draw the series with Australia. With Australia chasing down 384 to win the...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says war is coming to Russia after suspected Ukrainian drones hit skyscrapers in a wealthy Moscow neighbourhood. Vladimir Putin suggested an African initiative could...
Niger’s military junta, which has overthrown the country’s elected leader, has claimed the ousted government authorised France to carry out strikes to free the president. It...