BBCValerie Tarazi is proud to represent Palestinians at the OlympicsAs she put in some last practice lengths in Paris last week, Palestinian-American swimmer Valerie Tarazi thought back to her...

"Firenado" tears through California as wildfire spreadsAn enormous wildfire has grown by 8 sq miles an hour (20 sq km) as it spreads across parts of northern California.The Park...

AlamyThe buddy pairing of Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine has been hotly anticipated"I'm the messiah… I'm Marvel Jesus!" proclaims Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool in his third lead outing...

French rail company SNCF has warned that disruption from Friday's sabotage against the country's train network could last until the end of the weekend and affect hundreds of thousands...

Amensisa Ifa/BBCMeselesh Gosaye, a mother of six, was in her hilltop home in southern Ethiopia’s Gofa district caring for her children when she heard the landslide that left many...

Getty ImagesLhakpa Sherpa says: "I want to show my two girls how to be brave, how not to give up"This article contains descriptions of domestic violence which some readers...

ATN BelarusRico Krieger appeared in a heavily choreographed interview on Belarusian state televisionA German man who has been sentenced to death in Belarus for terrorism has been shown in...

Family handoutEmirlendris Benítez (centre) was sentenced to a 30-year jail term in 2018“She’s going to rot in jail. No one is going to get her out.”That was what prison...

Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will send a delegation to Rome for talks aimed at ending Israel's war with Hamas, but took aim at comments by Kamala Harris that...

Getty ImagesSecret service agents surround Trump after Crooks' shot grazes his earThomas Matthew Crooks walked into Donald Trump's election rally in Pennsylvania, unopposed with a gun, explosives and a...

An Australian field hockey player has opted to amputate part of his finger to compete at the Paris Olympics.Matt Dawson badly broke a digit on his right-hand during team...

Harris expresses concern over Gaza in talks with NetanyahuUS Vice-President Kamala Harris - who's expected to be the Democratic nominee for November's presidential election - has held what she...