New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is ending his bid for re-election, just five weeks before voters go to the polls.Adams said "constant media speculation" about...

A special court in South Sudan has ruled that it does have the jurisdiction to prosecute suspended Vice-President Riek Machar and seven co-accused, who are charged with murder, treason...

Typhoon Bualoi has killed at least 11 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in the centre and north of Vietnam, state media reported.Dozens are missing or injured...

Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondent in Chisinau andPaul KirbyEurope digital editor in LondonAnadolu via Getty ImagesMoldovan President Maia Sandu warned voters their democracy was young and fragile and...

Nicole KolsterReporting for BBC News Mundo from CaracasNicole Kolster/BBCEdith Perales joined the militia years ago When Edith Perales was younger, he enlisted in the National Bolivarian Militia, a civilian...

Greta Thunberg has pushed back on criticism that a Gaza-bound flotilla she is a part of is a publicity stunt, saying no one would imperil themselves purely for attention.The...

A US citizen held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nine months has been released following negotiations led by Qatari mediators, officials say.The man, identified as Amir Amiry, is...

Swiss voters have narrowly approved a plan to introduce electronic identity cards in the country. With all votes counted, 50.4% of those who voted said yes to the proposal,...

Zimbabwe is Africa's biggest producer of tobacco but some farmers believe the country's long-term future could lie in a very different crop - blueberries.Thanks to a breakthrough in trade...

At least 39 people have died, including children, in a crush at a political rally in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials say.Tens of thousands of people...

James WaterhouseKyiv correspondent, andRachel Muller HeyndykResidential area of Kyiv hit by latest Russian barrage across UkraineA Russian aerial bombardment that lasted more than 12 hours has killed at least...

Watch: Thousands march in Argentina over murder of girl and two young womenThousands of people have taken part in an anti-femicide protest in Buenos Aires, demanding justice for a...