Debris, life vests and a cellphone has been discovered two nautical miles from the coordinates given as the crash site, officials said. Images of debris have...
A passenger plane carrying 189 people has crashed into the sea off Jakarta, minutes after take-off. “It has been confirmed that it has crashed,” Yusuf Latif,...
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won a sweeping victory in Brazil’s presidential election. Mr Bolsonaro won 55.2% of the votes cast against 44.8% for Fernando Haddad...
On 31 October India will unveil the world’s tallest statue, which has cost hundreds of millions of dollars. For years Vijendra Tadvi, a 39-year-old farmer in...
Two Australian police officers have described the moment they jumped into the sea to rescue a drowning kangaroo. Sergeants Christopher Russo and Kirby Tonkin dragged the...
Both the parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition have suffered heavy losses in a regional election, early results show. Her centre-right CDU party and...
Stunned Leicester City fans have gathered at the club’s ground after its owner’s helicopter crashed and exploded outside the stadium. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter...
Torrential rain and flash floods have hit the southern Russian region of Krasnodar since Wednesday. The bodies of six people, including an elderly man and woman,...
Ethiopia Thursday appointed a woman to the largely ceremonial position of president for the first time, further increasing female representation in the government of Africa’s second...
Rescuers combed the shores of Jordan’s Dead Sea resort area early on Friday to find survivors after rain storms unleashed flash floods that killed at least...
