The Iraqi government has said it is investigating a video seemingly showing troops killing suspected Islamic State militants detained in the Mosul area. In the footage,...
Greek authorities charged nine men with voluntary manslaughter for the beating death of a recent American college graduate who died in a bar brawl. The fight...
A New Zealand woman has died on the Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten after the blast from a powerful jet engine knocked her to the ground....
A Chechen gunman and four accomplices have been given long jail sentences for the killing of leading Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov near the Kremlin. Zaur...
Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was China’s most prominent human rights and democracy advocate, has died aged 61, officials say. The activist was being treated for...
Tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Netflix and Twitter, have joined together Wednesday for a “Day of Action” against a possible rollback of net neutrality regulations. The...
North Korea has installed high-voltage electric fencing at its border with China, posing even more challenges for people seeking to leave the country or smuggle goods...
The EU’s top Brexit negotiator has said there are still major differences between the EU and UK on the rights of EU citizens living in Britain....
A gay man has won a landmark ruling which will give his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. The Supreme Court unanimously...
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The judge...
Turkey will find it “comforting” if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the BBC. Speaking to...