Watch: 'If you didn't have a rough past, you wouldn't have a chance', says Trump on al-SharaaSyria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking...

Watch: The moment US Senate approves bill that could end shutdownThe US Senate has passed a crucial funding bill that could bring the longest government shutdown in history to...

John Laws, the veteran Australian talkback radio host dubbed the "Golden Tonsils" for his trademark voice, has died aged 90.Laws, whose career spanned more than 70 years, was -...

Doug Faulkner and Vikas Pandey,India editor, DelhiWatch: Verified video shows aftermath of car explosion in DelhiAt least eight people have been killed and more injured after a car exploded...

Todah OpeyemiBBC Africa, LagosXThe protesters insulted the visitors who had gone for a preview eventProtesters have targeted a new multi-million dollar museum in Nigeria and forced organisers to postpone...

At least seven people have died after a boat carrying undocumented migrants sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia.Thirteen people have been rescued but dozens are missing. Malaysian...

In the three weeks since the Louvre museum heist, as investigators sought to find out who was behind it and why the French crown jewels had been so easy...

Steffan MessengerWales environment correspondentGetty ImagesThe golden lion tamarin is an endangered species that is native to the Amazon rainforests of BrazilTree-felling in the Amazon rainforest is partly to blame...

Parham GhobadiBBC PersianEPAIran - especially its capital, Tehran - is facing an unprecedented drought this autumn, with rainfall at record lows and reservoirs nearly empty. Officials are pleading with...

Anthony Zurcher North America correspondentGetty ImagesWith a bipartisan Senate vote to approve funding the federal government now in the books, the longest shutdown in US history appears to be...

Peter MumbyThe Great Barrier Reef has suffered mass bleaching events in recent yearsThe Great Barrier Reef is headed for a "grim future" and will suffer a "rapid coral decline"...

EPA/ ShutterstockFlight delays and cancellations continue to snarl US air travel for a third day as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air traffic will be "reduced to a trickle"...