The Venezuelan government has begun releasing detainees considered political prisoners by human rights groups. The move comes after the US seized President Nicolás Maduro during a raid on the...

Shayan Sardarizadeh,Richard Irvine-Brown,BBC Verify,Ghoncheh HabibiazadandSarah Namjoo,BBC PersianWatch: Protesters and security forces clash in Iran protestsIran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as BBC sources and...

AFP via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has said it will send "hundreds more" federal officers to Minneapolis, days after the death of a woman who was shot by a...

A British man living in Western Australia is set to be deported over claims that he was part of a well-known neo-Nazi group.Ryan Turner's visa was cancelled on character...

Bob Weir, the guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78.Weir, a cornerstone of the California psychedelic rock group and many of its offshoots, passed away after...

The family of Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital of negligence over the death of her 21-month-old son.Nkanu Nnamdi died at a hospital in Nigeria on...

Getty ImagesChina's surging demand for durians is shaping South East Asia's farming townsDriving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it's impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers...

Katya AdlerEurope editor, reporting from Nuuk, Greenland'We just want to be left alone': Greenlanders on US President Trump's takeover threatsUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Danish and...

US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials say, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil. The tanker, the Olina,...

Soroush Pakzad,Roja Assadi,BBC News Persian,andHelen SullivanWatch: Government building on fire as protests continue in Karaj, IranStaff at three hospitals in Iran have told the BBC their facilities are overwhelmed...

The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the US Central Command (Centcom) has announced. US President Donald...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission, the country's most powerful form of independent inquiry, into last month's shooting at Bondi Beach. The attack targeting a...