BBCIngolf says other more mainstream parties have failed“If the old parties had done their jobs properly then the AfD would not exist,” Ingolf complains, echoing a common sense that...

ReutersThe Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González is expected to arrive in Spain, where he will be granted political asylum.A Spanish Air Force plane is due to land at...

ReutersThe Allenby Bridge, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, lies about halfway between Amman and JerusalemThree men have been killed in an attack at a border point between...

A manhunt is under way in Kentucky after a number of people were shot on a highway near the city of London on Saturday.The incident began at about 17:30...

Surfing was first introduced to Australia more than a century ago.Since then the sport has blossomed into a cultural phenomenon and a commercial juggernaut.Research from the Australian National University...

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...