AFP via Getty ImagesSamia was declared the winner with 98% of the voteTanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in for a second term amid tight security, following...

Popular Malaysian rapper Namewee has been charged with illegal drug use and possession, local media reported on Monday, quoting Kuala Lumpur police.Namewee, who pleaded not guilty to both charges,...

Rayhan Demytrie,Caucasus correspondent in Georgia and Pamela Tickell,North East and CumbriaReutersBella Culley told reporters she had not expected to be freed so soonPregnant teenager Bella Culley, who had admitted...

Donald Trump has played down the possibility of a US war with Venezuela, but suggested Nicolás Maduro's days as the country's president are numbered.Asked if the US was going...

Dearbail Jordan and David GrittenReuters/Hostages and Missing Families ForumCol Asaf Hamami, Staff Sgt Oz Daniel and Capt Omer Neutra were killed during the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on...

George Clooney has said it was a "mistake" for Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate to face Donald Trump in the US presidential election last...

SuppliedSuzanne Rees was found dead hours after her cruise boat left Lizard IslandThe daughter of a woman who was left behind by a cruise ship on a remote island...

An avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains has killed five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl and her father, according to rescuers. The mountaineers, travelling in separate groups, were scaling...

US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians.Trump did not...

Azadeh MoshiriPakistan CorrespondentBBCFloods have swept across Pakistan, hitting urban and rural areas, including the capital of Punjab, LahoreRescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old...

Sofya VolyanovaBBC News Russian Maria22-year-old Maria suffered serious side effects after trying the unlicensed weight loss drug promoted on TikTokMolecule, a pill promising rapid weight loss, went viral on...

The BBC's Nada Tawfik reports from Black River, Jamaica, where the strongest storm to hit the country in modern history has left scenes of desperation. The storm made landfall...