Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus became synonymous with the suffering of the Syrian people during the country's civil war, which began in 2011.It was the de facto capital of...

Getty ImagesThe incident unfolded at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn A man has been arrested in New York in connection with the death of a woman who was...

Bluey, the puppy and star of the Bafta-winning children's TV show, is hitting the big screen in her first feature film. It will arrive in cinemas in 2027 and...

EPAGerman authorities are facing questions about security and what they knew about the suspect accused of using an access lane for emergency vehicles to drive into a Christmas market...

The number of dead from a crowd crush in the south-east town of Okija in Nigeria has risen to 22, police say.It is the third case this week of...

Getty ImagesHideko Hakamata, 91, fought half her life to free her brother - the world's longest serving death row inmateWhen a court declared Iwao Hakamata innocent in September, the...

Suspect in German market attack appears in court as anger grows over security lapsesOn Friday evening, a man ploughed a car into a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas...

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Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of US President-elect Donald Trump, has withdrawn her name from consideration for a seat in the Senate.She stepped down this month as co-chairwoman of the Republican...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