Just hours after winning the South Korean presidency, Lee Jae-myung pledged to "unite the people" in his inauguration speech on Wednesday.Lee enters office at a time when the country...

The Dutch government has collapsed after Geert Wilders withdrew his far-right party from the governing coalition following a row over migration.Prime Minister Dick Schoof confirmed he was stepping down...

Police in Mexico have detained a man known by the alias of M-47, whom they suspect of ordering the murder of members of the band Grupo Fugitivo.The bodies of...

Israel said it had launched strikes on weapons belonging to Syria, hours after reports that two projectiles had been fired from Syria into Israel on Tuesday.The Israeli strikes on...

Elon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump's signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a "disgusting abomination".The legislation - which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and...

An Australian woman who cooked a toxic mushroom meal has told her murder trial she has long been a mushroom lover, but more recently developed a taste for wild...

Disney says it is laying off several hundred more people around the world, with workers in its film, television and finance departments impacted.The entertainment giant has been under pressure...

Makuochi OkaforBBC Africa health correspondent, LagosGetty ImagesAt the age of 24, Nafisa Salahu was in danger of becoming just another statistic in Nigeria, where a woman dies giving birth...

Getty ImagesLuvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene is under fire over his family's alleged lavish lifestyleMongolian prime minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene has resigned after losing a confidence vote in parliament.The vote followed days of...

A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more prisoners of war.Ukrainian negotiators said...

The trial of Diego Maradona's medical staff has collapsed in Argentina after it was found that a judge involved in the case had taken part in a documentary about...

The BBC has again accused Iran of escalating a campaign of intimidation against its Persian journalists and increasingly targeting the relatives of staff inside the country.The British broadcaster said...