A riot inside a prison in the southern Mexico state of Tabasco has left seven inmates dead, leading to family members attempting to break inside to check on their...

Aamir PeerzadaIn Damascus, members of Assad's Alawite sect now fear reprisalsDriving into Mezzeh 86, a working-class neighbourhood in the west of Damascus, we are waved through a checkpoint manned...

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of US President-elect Donald Trump, has withdrawn her name from consideration for a seat in the Senate.She stepped down this month as co-chairwoman of the Republican...

Veteran Australian broadcaster Alan Jones has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing 10 young men over almost two decades.The 83-year-old faces 34 charges over alleged incidents between 2001 and...

A Houthi missile strike has injured more than a dozen people in Tel Aviv, Israel.The Israeli military said attempts to shoot down a projectile launched from Yemen had been...

Danai Nesta Kupemba / BBCAt London's famous Hyde Park at around 11:00 on a crisp Saturday morning, runners gather at some benches - some tall and lean, others broad...

Flickr/East-West CenterGulab Watumull's (left) father Jhamandas began the family business with one store in Honolulu in 1915In 1915, 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur Jhamandas Watumull arrived in Hawaii's Honolulu island to...

ReutersUkrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh attack on KyivRussia says five people have been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region.Ukrainian officials reported earlier...

Daniel Arce-Lopez/BBCRio gangsters mix religion and crime as they take over territory When police in Rio de Janeiro seize blocks of cocaine and bundles of marijuana they may well...

Siin experienceSyria has a thriving electronic music scene and many now wonder what comes next In the midst of the scramble for a new Syria, the country's musicians are...

Getty ImagesDemocratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gives a thumbs up walking out of the Senate ChamberThe US Senate has voted to pass a budget deal to avert what...

Getty ImagesThe 72-year-old has become a global feminist iconWhen Gisele Pelicot walked into a French courthouse to hear the dozens of men who raped her answer for their crimes,...