Getty ImagesA file picture of an AK47 rifle and ammunitionWeapons dealers in Yemen are openly using the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to sell Kalashnikovs, pistols,...

Actress Kerry Washington took to the stage with two of Kamala Harris’ great-nieces to explain how to pronounce their aunt's name.Amara and Leela are the daughters of Harris’ niece...

Sphen the gentoo penguin - one half of a world-famous same-sex "power couple" - has died in Australia, aged 11.He and his partner Magic shot to global stardom in...

A man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after hacking into a state database to fake his death, and get out of paying child support.Jesse...

South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher", William Smith, who has died aged 85.The beloved maths and science teacher and innovator died on Wednesday morning after a...

A barrier that was erected to block a popular view of Mount Fuji has been taken down after successfully deterring tourists from swarming the area.Authorities in Yamanashi prefecture installed...

BBC“I don’t deserve to be here at all” is a protestation you would expect to hear from someone in prison. But, as she sits in her maroon overalls, Tetyana...

A journalist working for Venezuelan opposition news site La Patilla has been detained by the country's secret police.Ana Guaita Barreto was seized at her home near the capital, Caracas,...

A Greek-owned and flagged oil tanker is on fire and adrift in the Red Sea after a series of attacks, British and Greek authorities say.The Sounion was first hit...

Oprah says 'there is no American dream' without women's rightsTelevision icon Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention in her hometown of Chicago, where she...

Getty ImagesWhen breaker Rachael Gunn – aka Raygun – bombed out of the Paris Olympics, the shockwaves hit a tiny hip-hop scene on the other side of the world.In...

The family of Alain Delon have overruled the late French actor's request for his pet dog to be put down and buried with him.The 88-year-old, who died on Sunday,...