US health officials have confirmed a human case of bird flu in a patient that had no immediately known animal exposure.The patient, in the state of Missouri, was treated...

Police in Kenya have been ordered to investigate the circumstances that led to a deadly fire at a boarding school, which killed at least 18 pupils with an average...

EPAIn Hanoi, people are seen battling strong windsSuper Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm in Asia this year, has killed at least four people after making landfall in northern...

Thousands of people are demonstrating across France over the nomination of right-wing Michel Barnier as the new prime minister, after an inconclusive election in which the left won the...

Getty ImagesDuring the late 1960s, Sérgio Mendes was the biggest-selling Brazilian artist in the worldBrazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences, has...

Amit SegalA newly paved section of road along the Philadelphi CorridorIsraeli forces have been laying tarmac on a key road in Gaza along its southern border - in what...

Former US Vice-President and lifelong Republican Dick Cheney has confirmed he will vote for the Democrats' Kamala Harris in November's presidential election. Mr Cheney, seen as an influential figure...

Australia's internet watchdog says she received "death threats" and that her children were doxxed after she was targeted by Elon Musk for attempting to regulate his social media platform.Earlier...

A 26-year-old American woman has been shot dead in the occupied West Bank during a protest.Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was born in Turkey, is reported to have been taking...

Seventeen pupils have died after a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, the Ministry of Education has said.There were fears the death...

BBCAlice Guo (centre) posing with the interior minister and chief of the Philippine National PoliceSenior Filipino officials have sparked outrage for posing for photos with a former smalltown mayor...

THOMAS SAMSON/AFP Michel Barnier is to appear on French TV for the first time since his appointmentMichel Barnier has met President Emmanuel Macron and begun the task of forming...