Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest and his wife, Nicola, have announced they will give A$400m ($298m) to charity. PM Malcolm Turnbull said the donation was “the...
Egypt’s public prosecutor says 48 suspected members of so-called Islamic State (IS) have been referred to a military court in connection with three bombings of Coptic...
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unscheduled appearance in Vancouver on Friday night – jogging through a high school prom photo. The keen sportsman had...
An Indian woman cut off a Hindu religious teacher’s genitals after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house in the southern state of Kerala,...
The last Syrian rebels and their families are being taken out from the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the central city of Homs, according to the provincial...
Venezuelan protesters have taken to the streets to mark 50 days since the start of demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro as a deadly political crisis plays...
The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the traditional US ally....
A group of the “Chibok girls” freed from Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have been reunited with their families. The 82 girls, who were part of a...
Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows voters reject extremism and want more links with the outside world. After avoiding a run-off with...
Norway is boosting the flood defences of its Global Seed Vault on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard after water entered the entrance tunnel last year. The...
French police have charged a man with terrorism offences after his DNA was found on the gun used to shoot dead a police officer in Paris...