Tessa WongBBC News, Asia Digital ReporterWatch: Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at courtThailand's top court has ruled that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a year in...

Norway's Labour party under Jonas Gahr Støre has won a second term in general elections, ahead of a populist right-wing party that doubled its vote.In a country used to...

Ione WellsSouth America correspondent in São PauloWatch: Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters protest in BrazilOn Sunday, Brazilians celebrated their country's independence from Portugal as they do every year on 7...

Hamas says it has received "some ideas" from the US through mediators on how to reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement.The Palestinian armed group said it was discussing how to...

US lawmakers have released a copy of a "birthday book" given to the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, which includes a note allegedly signed by US...

Simon AtkinsonBBC News, Melbourne andTiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyWatch: What it was like as Australia’s mushroom murderer was jailed for lifeAt 10:18 on Monday, Erin Patterson was led from courtroom...

Six people have been killed and eight others wounded by Palestinian gunmen in one of the deadliest shooting attacks in Jerusalem in the past few years.Israeli police said "two...

In The Big Half - a half marathon race in London - there were wins for Great Britain's Jack Rowe, Jess Warner-Judd, David Weir and Eden Rainbow-Cooper.Rowe equalled Mo...

At least 13 people have been killed and dozens are injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces.Thousands...

Donald Trump has threatened tougher sanctions against Russia after its heaviest aerial bombardment on Ukraine since the war began.Sunday's strikes killed four people, including a mother and her baby,...

AFP via Getty ImagesThe Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died at the age of 106, her organisation says.She was honorary president and a founding member of the...

Wyre DaviesBBC News, Jeruselum andTabby WilsonBBC NewsReutersIsrael's Supreme Court has ruled that the state is failing to provide adequate food to Palestinian prisoners, and must take steps to improve...