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...

Noor NanjiCulture reporterOscar-winning actress Diane Keaton through the yearsGoldie Hawn, Steve Martin and Ben Stiller have led tributes to Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton, who has died at the age...

Sammy Awamireporting from Madagascar andFarouk ChothiaAFP via Getty ImagesSome troops joined protesters in the capital on SaturdayThe office of Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has said an attempt to seize...

The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border.A Taliban spokesman said 58 Pakistan military personnel had been killed in...

Drone footage has emerged showing a blaze destroying the historic Bernaga Monastery in Italy. Founded in La Valletta Brianza in 1628 it's located about 30km (19 miles) east of...

The Atacama desert in Chile sits long and lean, sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on...

Alice CuddyTel Aviv andJaroslav LukivTel Aviv crowd boos as Witkoff thanks NetanyahuHundreds of thousands of people have held a rally in Tel Aviv, ahead of the expected release of...

The rural town of Bucksnort, Tennessee, is reeling after a major explosion at a munitions factory on Friday. Sixteen people missing after the blast are presumed to be dead,...

One of Australia's biggest telecommunication companies sent emails about a deadly outage to the wrong email address at the Department of Communcations where they remained unread for over a...

The Trump administration has begun laying off thousands of federal workers in an effort to pressure Democrats amid the ongoing government shutdown. "The RIFs have begun," White House Office...

Megha MohanBBC World Service Gender and Identity correspondentThee Alfa HouseThe niece of a Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by a former British army soldier is to visit the UK to...

Anahita SachdevBBC News, DelhiSaffronartVS Gaitonde's Untitled fetched $40.2m at a recent record-breaking auction in DelhiA radiant golden canvas layered with subtle textures and faint shapes, exuding both energy and...