A bus carrying tourists from a cruise ship has overturned in south-eastern Mexico, killing 11 people, officials say. Another 20 people were injured in the crash...
Action has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say. Four men were...
Zambia’s police force has scrapped plans to employ eight Chinese nationals barely 24 hours after it unveiled the scheme, following a public outcry. The new reservists...
Hundreds of dead sharks have been found washed up on the shores of Iran’s Shif island. Some fishermen catch the sharks for their fins, which are...
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi rebels says it has intercepted a ballistic missile near Riyadh, Saudi state media report. Witnesses in the Saudi capital posted...
Police in Lebanon are investigating the murder of a British woman who worked at the UK embassy in Beirut. Rebecca Dykes’s body was found on the...
North Korea’s nuclear and missile program has advanced more aggressively in the past six years, after incumbent leader Kim Jong Un succeeded his father Kim Jong...
Chile elected former President Sebastian Pinera to a new term in office in the country’s run-off election on Sunday. Pinera, who served as president from 2010...
An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The chief priestess...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another term as president in next year’s election. He made the announcement in a speech to workers at...
An expected announcement by President Donald Trump that the US will become the first state to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has prompted global reaction ranging...