Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent, JerusalemEPAFirst responders say Israel's overnight strikes hit residential areas, schools and tents housing displaced familiesWhen is a ceasefire no longer a ceasefire? It depends on who...

A former Illinois sheriff's deputy has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death last year of a householder who had reported a suspected intruder.Mother-of-two Sonya Massey, 36,...

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers in 1916 have been found more than a century later on the country's south-western coast.The cheerful notes were penned just...

REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesHuge police raids are not unusual in Rio, but the number of fatalities in Tuesday's operation isThe number of people known to have been killed in a deadly...

Peter Mwai, Merlyn Thomas and Matt MurphyBBC Verify BBCWarning: This story contains graphic descriptions of executions.Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed...

An 80-year-old Australian woman has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island after being left behind by the cruise ship she was travelling on.The woman had been...

Romania's defence ministry has said the US intends to reduce some of its troops stationed on Nato's eastern flank.Between 900 and 1,000 American troops will remain in Romania, Bucharest...

Floods have hit Jamaica's capital Kingston as Hurricane Melissa moves across the Caribbean, with 30 inches (76cm) of rain expected in some parts of the country. Roads are blocked...

EPAIsraeli security forces saluted as the coffin arrived at the National Institute for Forensic MedicineIsrael says a coffin handed over by Hamas on Monday did not contain the body...

The Toronto Blue Jays have tied the best-of-seven World Series at 2-2 after a thumping 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four.Vladimir Guerrero Jr's early two-run...

Two people have been killed in an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), the first such incident of its kind since...

Bernd Debusmann Jrat the White HouseUS Department of DefenseOne person survived the strikes and was rescued by Mexican search-and-rescue teams. US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on...