Getty ImagesLawmakers in California and Texas - the two most populous US states that together contain more than 70 million Americans - are at the centre of an intense...

Famed Australian crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has been found guilty of lying to police and pressuring a hospitalised witness after a fatal helicopter crash.The former Netflix star was charged...

Tom Geoghegan and James FitzGeraldBBC NewsGetty ImagesFederal Reserve governor Lisa Cook will seek an emergency temporary restraining order in a federal court on Friday to block Donald Trump from...

Mayeni JonesBBC News in JohannesburgKyla Herrmannsen / BBCVusi Tshabalala narrowly escaped injury from the fire after fleeing the blaze covered by a blanket soaked in water Blackened by soot,...

Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in BangkokGetty ImagesPaetongtarn ShinawatraThailand's Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office.The country's notoriously interventionist panel of nine appointed judges has...

Jose Mourinho has left his role as Fenerbahce boss after just over a year.The Portuguese's departure comes two days after the Turkish club were eliminated from the Champions League...

The number of animals infested with New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating parasite, has risen by 53% in the four weeks to mid-August, Mexican government data reveals. While infestations...

Merlyn Thomas, Benedict Garman & Sebastian VandermeerschBBC Verify Videos show where Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four timesIsrael struck Nasser Hospital at least four times during its deadly...

‘We love you, you will always be with us’, says father of Minneapolis shooting victimTwo children who were killed in an attack on a Catholic school in Minneapolis have...

Australian politician Bob Katter raised his fist at a journalist during a press conference after he was asked about his Lebanese heritage. Katter, 80, called the press conference to...

Israeli drone strikes near Damascus have killed six Syrian soldiers, Syria's government said, among a series of reported attacks this week.Syria's foreign ministry condemned Tuesday's strike as a violation...

A nephew of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison...