A Japanese court has sentenced to death a man who killed four people in a shooting and stabbing attack in 2023, rejecting the defence's argument that he has schizophrenia.Masanori...

Three police officers have been killed and at least 15 other people injured in an apparently deliberate gas explosion at a farmhouse in northern Italy.The blast was triggered as...

Venezuela announced on Monday it would close its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.In a statement, the Venezuelan government...

'Peace in the Middle East': Trump signs ceasefire deal in EgyptIsraelis and Palestinians have celebrated as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards...

Natalie Shermanbusiness reporterJanani Mohan/Yagappa PhotographyJanani Mohan is missing a sari she wore at her wedding in April, which was also worn by her motherGraduate student Nicole Lobo moved back...

Watch: 'It will be a golden age for the Middle East' - TrumpUS President Donald Trump has told cheering Israeli lawmakers that "the long and painful nightmare is finally...

Lecturers at public universities in Nigeria have begun a two-week strike over pay and funding.The industrial action comes just weeks after universities resumed for a new academic year.Announcing the...

India and Canada have agreed a host of steps at talks between their foreign ministers in Delhi aimed at restoring ties that plummeted after a Sikh separatist leader was...

US President Donald Trump is considering sending long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine.Asked by reporters on Air Force One on Sunday whether he would provide Kyiv with Tomahawks, Trump...

Jane ChambersBusiness reporter, Asunción, ParaguayGabriela CibilsGabriela Cibils wants to help Paraguay attract big tech from the US and elsewhereGabriela Cibils is on a mission – to help turn Paraguay...

BBCThe Israeli military says the first hostages have been handed over by Hamas and have returned to Israel. Until Monday, 48 hostages were still being held in Gaza, 20...

The US has called for the release of 30 leaders of one of China's largest underground church network who were reportedly detained over the weekend in overnight raids in...