Tunisia's electoral commission has approved just three candidates to run in next month's presidential election ignoring a court ruling to reinstate three others.Among those approved are President Kais Saied...

The collapse of a massive statue of a 17th Century ruler has sparked protests and a political controversy in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.Shivaji Shahaji Bhosale was a...

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has urged mainstream parties not to lend support to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which won a big victory in the eastern...

Fifteen people were detained after the Mexican Navy seized 7,200kg of drugs, in two separate high-speed chases on 23 August. In a statement, Mexico's government said the seizure of...

ReutersThe UAE, of which Dubai is the largest city, has been accused of arming paramilitaries in Sudan suspected of genocideWhen fans saw rapper Macklemore had cancelled an upcoming gig,...

George Clooney has praised Joe Biden's decision to quit the presidential race as the most selfless thing a president has done since George Washington.The actor, who is one of...

BBCJack Berman and a friend in a pub smoking section - which is under cover but also had fans Jack Berman takes a long drag and then exhales, slowly,...

NFL player Ricky Pearsall has been shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco.Pearsall, 23, "sustained a bullet wound to his chest" and is in a...

After being hounded over her nationality and forced to drop out of the Miss South Africa contest, Chidimma Adetshina has been crowned beauty queen of a totally different country.Ms...

DAGWilliam Henry Pigou, a surgeon turned photographer, took this picture of an idol cart at a Mysore temple in 1856A new show in the Indian capital Delhi showcases a...

Ukraine has launched a wave of overnight drone attacks on Russia, causing fires at two Russian energy facilities.According to Russia’s defence ministry, more than 158 Ukrainian drones targeted 15...

The lawyer of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained. Perkins Rocha also serves as legal adviser for the opposition Vente Venezuela party. He is the latest...