Guy Delauney Balkans correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesZagreb's Christmas market was voted the best in Europe three years in a rowChristmas markets are not just tradition across Europe, they are...

A manhunt is under way after a shooting at a tavern in South Africa left nine people dead and another 10 injured. Police said seven men and two women...

Tiffanie TurnbullBondi BeachGetty ImagesThere's been an outpouring of support from the community - but tension remainsAs helicopters circled overhead, sirens descended on her suburb, and people ran screaming down...

EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThe Trevi Fountain is one of Rome's key attractions with around nine million visitors this yearTourists in Italy's capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 (£1.75; $2.34)...

Will GrantBBC Central America correspondentReutersThe world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is among the ships which have been deployed to the Caribbean The escalating tension between the...

Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondentESOHREgyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related chargesSaudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually...

Watch: Images, cassettes and high-profile figures - What's in the latest Epstein files?Items from the Epstein files, including a photo of Donald Trump, were removed by the justice department...

Tiffanie TurnbullandTabby Wilson,Sydney'An absolute superhero': father describes how Jess saved his daughterWhen bullets began flying at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, strangers Wayne and Jessica found themselves in the...

The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.It is the second time this month that the...

Paul MellyWest Africa analystAFPFaure Gnassingbé is cultivating a range of sometimes opposing alliancesWhile some West African nations are choosing to cement old ties with France and others cultivate a...

Grace Tsoi,BBC World ServiceandBBC News Chinese,Hong KongBBCJimmy Lai, 78, faces life in prison for national security offencesOn a winter morning in 2022 Raphael Wong and Figo Chan walked into...

Watch: Putin tells BBC Western leaders deceived RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine, if Russia is treated with respect - and...