Australia has announced a National Rugby League (NRL) team will be established in Western Australia (WA) for the first time.The WA state government will invest A$65m (£31m; $42m) to...

Steve RosenbergBBC Russia editorBBCEighty miles from Moscow, a park echoes to the sound of explosions and gunfire.As plumes of thick grey smoke rise into the air, the Red Army...

As the sun set over Lake Turkana, a mother sobbed and threw flowers into the greenish-blue water to remember her teenage daughter who had drowned trying to reach Kenya...

ReutersA city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated KashmirTwo weeks after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, India has launched a series of strikes on sites in...

Laura GozziBBC NewsReporting fromVatican CityVATICAN MEDIA / HANDOUTVoting desks for 133 cardinals have been set up inside the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave.On Wednesday evening, under the domed...

The Peruvian government has imposed a night-time curfew in Pataz province, where 13 kidnapped mine workers were killed last week.President Dina Boluarte also ordered that mining activities be suspended...

A senior Hamas official has said the armed group is not interested in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal while Israel continues what he...

Mark Carney has told Donald Trump that Canada "is not for sale" as the president raised the prospect of the country becoming the 51st US state while welcoming the...

Their battle had allowed Norris to close up to them, after wasting little time passing the drivers between him and the leaders.Norris passed Verstappen by diving around the outside...

Nadine Yousif and Scarlett HarrisBBC NewsWatch: Suits galore and a 18-foot dress tail - Key looks from the 2025 Met GalaMonday night marked one of the world's biggest nights...

Hundreds of opposition protesters dressed in red and black have condemned a decision by Ghana's president to suspend the country's chief justice, and are demanding that she be reinstated...

Katy Watson & Simon AtkinsonReporting fromMorwell, VictoriaBBCIan Wilkinson, a local pastor, survived after weeks of treatment in hospitalThe only surviving guest of the deadly beef wellington lunch at the...