Former Australia batter Keith Stackpole has died at the age of 84.The right-handed opener from Victoria played 43 Tests between 1966 and 1974, scoring 2,807 runs at an average...

Watch: First responders on the scene after gunman opens fire on tourists at PahalgamIndia has announced measures targeting Pakistan, a day after 26 people were killed by gunmen at...

Basillioh Rukanga & Alfred LasteckBBC News, Nairobi & Dar es SalaamAFPTundu Lissu faces treason chargesShot 16 times in an assassination attempt in 2017, Tindu Lissu is the great survivor...

Getty ImagesFrom China's sprawling trade network to its chokehold on rare earths, it will not be easy for Washington to back China into a cornerA trade war between the...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is on a historic visit to South Africa, signalling a dramatic improvement in the once-strained relations between the two nations. The visit marks a diplomatic...

Sarah Rainsford and Laura GozziEPATens of thousands of mourners have lined up for a chance to pay their respects to Pope Francis, whose body has been displayed in an...

Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas "sons of dogs" in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over...

Attorneys delivered opening statements on Wednesday in the New York retrial of Harvey Weinstein, with prosecutors accusing the disgraced film producer of using his immense power in Hollywood to...

An Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine has been charged with being a mercenary in an armed conflict, authorities have said.Oscar Jenkins, a...

The Dominican Republic says it has arrested more than 130 Haitian women and children on the first day of a crackdown of undocumented migrants in Santo Domingo's hospitals.Many of...

Lebo DisekoGlobal religion reporter, BBC NewsAFPIf the sole predictor of who would become the next Pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain...

Getty ImagesPope Francis waves to well wishers after his mass in Tacloban in 2015Lashed by an off-season typhoon, Pope Francis stepped out on a rain-soaked makeshift stage in front...