India's foreign minister S Jaishankar will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Pakistan this month, his ministry has announced. This will be the first visit...

Watch: Aerial footage shows flood and landslide destructionFlash floods and landslides in central Bosnia-Herzegovina have left at least 19 people dead, with towns and villages cut off and reports...

At least 70 people including children have been killed after an armed gang attacked a small town in Haiti.Sixteen people were seriously injured, according to the UN, as Gran...

At least 18 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said late on Thursday.The Palestinian...

Hospitals across the US could see their intravenous (IV) fluid supplies dwindle after a plant involved in producing IV solutions for one of the country’s largest manufacturers was flooded...

FacebookThe F1 star grew up in a motorsport-loving familyAs always, the Australian Grand Prix in 2006 was an eclectic buffet of fame and power - with everyone from actress...

Country music superstar Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit filed in California state court.The accuser, using the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was working...

At least 78 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just a few hundred metres from its destination.The boat was...

Getty ImagesThe stimulus measures sparked a stock market rally but economists are unsure they can fix deeper issuesAs China prepared to celebrate its Golden Week holiday and mark the...

The world’s longest treasure hunt appears to have come to an end, after an announcement in France that a buried statuette of a golden owl has finally been unearthed...

BBCRaimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa says her indigenous community is at risk from inhaling so much smoke“If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die.”Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the...

BBCIsrael has invaded southern Lebanon in a dramatic escalation of its conflict with Hezbollah.The Israeli ground operation began on Monday night, days after an air strike killed Hassan Nasrallah,...