Moment New Orleans attacker approaches busy street in pick-up truckNew Orleans was in full swing in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.Revellers were spilling out of bustling...

BBCA pickup truck drove "very fast" at people on the street, according to policeTen people have been killed and 35 others injured after a man intentionally drove into a...

BBCThis has been one of the most eventful years since I began covering global security for the BBC in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks in 2001.The sudden...

Investigators have finished extracting data from one of the black boxes from the fated Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, South Korea's transport ministry has said. The data...

Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power in the region. In an...

BBCNearly half the world's population - 3.6 billion people - had major elections in 2024, but it was also a year that saw the slowest rate of growth in...

BBCJamal's parents were killed in an Israeli air strike in NovemberThey are smiling now as they play together in the sand at al-Mawasi tent camp in southern Gaza, but...

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has sparked speculation after changing his name on his social media platform X to "Kekius Maximus". The tech mogul - and close confidant...

SanaAhmed al-Sharaa (centre) and the leaders of Syria's new 'joint force'The new Syrian authorities are reported to have given some foreign Islamist fighters senior official posts in the country's...

Guantanamo Bay inmate Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi has been repatriated to Tunisia, the US Department of Defense says.He was found eligible for transfer from the detention facility after a...

ReutersThe flight touched down around a third of the way down the runway without its landing gear downA pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it...

Ahead of the New Year holiday, I've been asking Russians about their hopes for 2025. From their replies it's clear that people here want an end to the fighting....