At the opposite end of the US, Republicans were closely watching as incumbent US Senator Dan Sullivan fended off a challenge from a little-known candidate bearing an almost identical...

Patterson won't be attending the appeal in person. She's chosen to appear via video link from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, the maximum security prison on the outskirts of Melbourne...

Zambia has a record of peaceful transfers of power. Since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, presidential transitions have occurred through the ballot box.It is unclear if the...

The death toll from a ferry disaster on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba has risen to 93, which makes it the country's deadliest transport disaster, according to the state-run Herald newspaper.The...

Flags at government sites are flying at half-mast and security vehicles are parked in the heart of Beijing, as China mourns former Premier Zhu Rongji.Zhu died of an illness...

Local prosecutors warn that Germany's amended legal provision is, so far, largely untested.Lawyer Bernhard Schmeilzl, who specialises in UK-German law, points out that the legal situation is essentially as...

As Lionel Messi considers his footballing future following the death of his father, BBC Sport looks back at some of his most iconic moments. Source link

Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment.A majority of...

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is to play two shows in St Petersburg, Russia, this October - becoming the biggest Western star to play in the...

Several players from a top team in the Australian Football League (AFL) have been referred to police over an "alleged incident" in Melbourne on Sunday night, their club has...

Nine people have been killed and 23 injured, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on Russia, local officials have said. Eight people were killed in the western Belgorod region...

Security forces in Zambia have seized weapons and arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, allegedly involved in an insurrection plot, the government has said.The leading opposition candidate in...