Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the...

AFPUDC supporters were celebrating as the results came in overnightVoters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the...

Kithure Kindiki has been sworn in as Kenya's new deputy president, after senators ousted Rigathi Gachagua in a dramatic series of impeachment votes a fortnight ago.A legal attempt by...

Cyclists using a mobile phone while riding in Japan could face up to six months jail under strict new rules introduced Friday.Those who breach the revised road traffic law...

'We all know someone who has died' - Valencia residents tell BBC correspondentAt least 158 people have died in Spain's worst flooding disaster in generations as rescuers battle odds...

Aerial footage shows a massive column of smoke, as a fire engulfed a shopping centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The blaze spread across 18,000 square metres and destroyed more...

AFPSmoke was seen rising from the Israeli town of Metula following a Hezbollah rocket attack on ThursdayTwo separate Hezbollah rocket attacks have killed seven people in northern Israel, authorities...

It is Halloween once again and two things are inevitable - running out of sweets before young crowds of trick or treaters have knocked on your door, and social...

A man has been cleared of murdering a British woman during a break-in at her home in Australia.Emma Lovell, 41, was stabbed after confronting two intruders in a suburb...

A court in France has sentenced a Rwandan former doctor to 27 years in jail for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide in his country.Eugène Rwamucyo was found guilty...

BBCScrolling through Zara’s transactions shows she has spent thousands of dollars on TikTok.Zara, not her real name, is in her 20s, lives in the US and has Somali roots....

Typhoon Kong-rey, the biggest typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, has made landfall on the island's eastern coast.Schools and workplaces across Taiwan were closed on Thursday...