Wyre DaviesBBC News, in JerusalemEPAProtests led by hostages' families have intensified recentlyMore than 15,000 people have taken to the streets in Israel to call for an end to the...

Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC TigrinyaAFP/Getty ImagesAfter outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he is stepping down after less than a year in the role, following two major election losses. The move comes a day...

One of Kyiv's main government buildings has been damaged in overnight missile and drone strikes by Russia.Until now, no government building has been hit with the centre of Kyiv...

Donald Trump has warned that, if Venezuelan jets fly over US naval ships and "put us in a dangerous position, they'll be shot down".The president's warning comes after Venezuela...

Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent reporting from Istanbul andWyre DaviesBBC News, JerusalemAFP via Getty ImagesThe Sussi Tower is the second Gaza City high-rise to be destroyed in as many days The...

Heather Hall's familyHeather Hall was one of 16 people killed in the crash on WednesdayAn American who died in Lisbon's deadly funicular crash has been identified as Heather Hall,...

Australia's top court has thrown out a last-ditch attempt by the country's most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, to overturn a landmark defamation ruling. Thursday's ruling ends Mr Roberts-Smith's long...

The Trump administration has revealed a plan to deport Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran man who has been at the centre of an immigration row, to the southern African...

Sudan Liberation Movement/ArmyThis image is thought to show around 40 gravesVillagers in a remote area of Sudan's western Darfur region are trying to reach buried victims by hand after...

Tabby Wilson and Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyMarianna Massey/Getty ImagesSunscreens are at the heart of a national scandal in Australia Like many Australians, Rach grew up "terrified of the sun"...

Hafsa KhalilBBC News andGeorge WrightBBC NewsInstagramWill Nelson and Kayleigh Smith have been named as two of the British victimsTheatre director Kayleigh Smith and her partner Will Nelson, a drama...