Getty ImagesSoldiers from the Lebanese army surveyed the beach where the raid is said to have taken placeThe Israeli military said a senior Hezbollah operative was captured in a...

A new poll of voters in Iowa suggests that Kamala Harris is leading with 47% over Donald Trump's 44%.The survey was released by the highly regarded pollster Ann Selzer,...

The world's largest crocodile in captivity has died at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia. Cassius was nearly 5.5m (18ft) long, weighed nearly one tonne and was thought to be...

The final phase of a two-stage polio vaccination campaign has started in north Gaza on Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.The second phase was postponed in October by...

Amensisa Negera / BBCWarning: this story contains descriptions of injury detailBerhane Haile was walking home from school earlier this year through the mountainous countryside of Tigray in northern Ethiopia...

ChinhaVasudeo Gaitonde is regarded as one of the greatest abstract painters of South AsiaSome artists become legends in their lifetime yet remain a mystery years after their death.Indian painter...

At least 14 people have been killed after a concrete canopy at a railway station in northern Serbia collapsed, the country's President Aleksandar Vučić said.A young girl aged six...

An armed group has taken control of a military facility near the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, the country's military says, and is holding some soldiers captive.The army had started...

SuppliedIn a group of Gazan men, detained by Israeli forces, a little girl can be seen (circled). The BBC has chosen to obscure the faces of those most identifiableIt's...

BBCLola Nordlinger (left) and Keely Ganong (right) say that student voices could deliver Michigan for HarrisIn battleground states like Arizona and Michigan, young women are lining up to vote...

Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the...

AFPUDC supporters were celebrating as the results came in overnightVoters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the...