War-hit Sudan is sliding into a "widening famine crisis" that has been marked by worsening starvation and a surge in acute malnutrition, an independent group of food security experts...

A Chinese court has handed a suspended death sentence to a man who injured over a dozen children by ramming his car into a crowd outside a primary school...

ReutersUrsa Major was seen listing heavily on Monday afternoon before sinking overnightA Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, has sunk in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria after an explosion...

One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking.Fabio Ochoa Vasquez,...

Israel's defence minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing...

ReutersThen-Representative Gaetz with reporters on the Capitol stepsThe House Ethics Committee report on Donald Trump ally Matt Gaetz released on Monday revealed fresh details about the former congressman's alleged...

Social Media/HandoutHolly Bowles, left, was confirmed to have died on Friday, a day after British lawyer Simone White and Australian Bianca JonesFor Australian friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles,...

The suspect accused of killing UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson has pleaded not guilty to New York state murder and terrorism charges. Luigi Mangione, 26, appeared in court on Monday...

South African composer Lebo M, renowned for creating the distinctive opening chant of The Lion King's Circle of Life, rose from his life in exile in the US to...

Getty ImagesBeijing's plan to build another dam on the Jinsha river, which runs through Tibetan territories, led to protestsHundreds of Tibetans protesting against a Chinese dam were rounded up...

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin - becoming only the third Western leader to meet the Russian president...

Authorities in Guatemala have resisted efforts by members of a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises.The children were taken into care on Friday when police...