Supplied(Left to right) Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, Nicole Perez, and Martin 'Tiger' BechA well-known American college football player, a young aspiring nurse and a mother of a four-year-old are among...

A drunken police officer in Zambia freed 13 suspects from custody so that they could go and celebrate the new year, officials say.Detective inspector Titus Phiri was arrested after...

Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago.Thousands of people...

AFPEmergency services were called to the Cetinje area after a man opened fire at several locationsA gunman has killed 12 people, including two children, in a series of shootings...

ReutersA "chopsticks" rocket catch by Elon Musk's SpaceX was among the highlights of 2024A total solar eclipse seen by millions, a lost jungle city discovered by accident and hope...

The chief of Gaza's Hamas-run police force and his deputy have been killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced families.The Hamas-run interior ministry condemned what...

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...