At least 44 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in the north-east of Israel.
The national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said dozens more had been wounded at the Lag...
US President Joe Biden has laid out sweeping proposals for jobs, education and social care in his first speech to a joint session of Congress.
Delivered on the eve of his 100th day in office, the Democrat...
Crematoriums in the Indian capital Delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space to cremate its dead.
Staff are working around the clock, while parks and other...
The US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House has said.
The doses will be able to be exported in the coming months...
At least two hospitals in the Indian capital of Delhi are running out of oxygen, amid a healthcare crisis gripping several states.
A number of people have died while waiting for oxygen supplies, and the...
The US will attempt to re-assert its global leadership on climate change as President Joe Biden hosts 40 leaders at a virtual summit in the White House.
It's expected that the US will unveil an updated...
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year.
Derek Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd's...
The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing George Floyd last year, has retired to consider its verdict.
The prosecution told jurors that Mr Chauvin had murdered...
Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport on Monday as residents from Australia were able to travel freely to New Zealand for the first time in more than a year.
The long-awaited Australia-New Zealand...
When the luxurious British passenger ship Titanic sank into the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, thousands of people fell into the frigid waters.
Only one of the lifeboats that escaped the sinking ship turned...
A nuclear facility in Iran was hit by "sabotage" a day after it unveiled new uranium enrichment equipment, the country's top nuclear official says.
Ali Akbar Salehi did not say who was to blame for the...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged citizens to prepare for a "difficult" crisis, following human rights groups' warnings that the country faces dire food shortages and economic instability.
Speaking...
Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases.
Hospitals are overcrowded, with people dying as they wait...
Australian and New Zealand residents will be able to travel between the two nations without having to quarantine from 19 April.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move on Tuesday.
Since...
Dozens of people are feared dead after a train carrying some 350 passengers derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan.
Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation centre says rescuers are struggling to access four...
The teenager whose film of George Floyd's death sparked global protests said she "stays up apologising" to him for "not doing more".
Darnella, now 18, was one of four young witnesses who to take the stand...
China has passed several changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city, according to state media.
The aim of the reforms is to ensure that only "patriotic" figures...
A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has been partially refloated.
Video posted on social media on Monday appeared to show the stern of the Ever Given swung towards...
North Korea has claimed the missiles it launched Thursday were a "new-type tactical guided projectile", in its first statement since the test.
It was the country's first ballistic launch in almost a year...
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, says the US and Japan - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president.
Pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles,...