Latest News
Top Stories
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
A two-year-old boy, who had fallen down a well in southern India on Friday, has been found dead, media reports said.
Officials in Tamil Nadu said early on Tuesday that Sujith Wilson's body had been retrieved...
Monday, 28 October 2019
Centre-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns.
Mr Fernández secured more than the 45% of the vote needed...
Friday, 25 October 2019
EU ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of Brexit extension to offer the UK, as MPs consider Boris Johnson's call for an early election.
Most EU states are understood to favour a three-month...
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Police are continuing to question a man over the discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated lorry trailer in Essex.
The lorry driver, named locally as Mo Robinson, 25, from Portadown, County Armagh, was...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne in an elaborate ceremony.
The emperor, 59, officially began his reign in May after the abdication of his father, the then-Emperor...
Monday, 21 October 2019
Five people have died after a garment factory was set ablaze by looters near Chile's capital Santiago amid a wave of violent protests.
The military and police used tear gas and water cannon against protesters...
Thursday, 17 October 2019
The leader of one of Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy groups has been taken to hospital after being attacked.
Photographs on social media showed Jimmy Sham of the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) lying...
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
A British man jailed for numerous sex crimes against Malaysian children has been found stabbed to death in prison.
Richard Huckle, 33, from Ashford, Kent, abused as many as 200 children.
In 2016, he...
Monday, 14 October 2019
The Kurds in Syria say the Syrian government has agreed to send its army to the northern border to try to halt Turkey's offensive against them.
Syrian state media earlier reported that government forces...
Friday, 11 October 2019
Until 2017, Tashpolat Tiyip was a model academic, head of Xinjiang University, globally connected, and with an honorary degree from a prestigious Paris university.
But that year, without warning, he disappeared,...
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Apple has removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements and tear gas use, saying the app violated its rules.
The company said the app, HKmap.live, had "been used in ways...
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese organisations for their alleged involvement in abuses against ethnic Uighurs in China's Xinjiang province.
The organisations are now on the so-called Entity List, which...
Monday, 07 October 2019
Police in Nepal have arrested the former speaker of parliament, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, after a female member of staff accused him of rape.
The arrest came after a court in the capital Kathmandu issued...
Thursday, 03 October 2019
North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May.
The missile - which was able to carry a nuclear...
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
US opera singer Jessye Norman, one of the most renowned sopranos of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 74.
A native of Augusta, Georgia, Norman was one of the rare black singers to reach fame in...
Friday, 27 September 2019
The whistleblower whose complaint has led to an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is a CIA officer, US media report.
The unnamed officer once worked at the White House, several US outlets...
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Members of US Congress have seen for the first time a whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump that has led to calls for his impeachment.
One Democrat described it as "disturbing" while a Republican...
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Iran has rejected a joint statement by the leaders of France, Germany and the UK who blamed it for attacks earlier this month on Saudi oil installations.
Iran's foreign minister accused them of "parroting...
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
The Taliban have told the BBC that their "doors are open" should US President Donald Trump want to resume peace talks in the future.
Chief negotiator Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai insisted negotiation...
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Israelis are voting in their country's second general election in five months.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the snap election after failing to form a governing coalition with a viable majority...
Monday, 02 November 2026 - 11:22
Marking one year since his acclaimed debut as Chanel’s artistic director, Matthieu Blazy delivered...
Monday, 26 October 2026 - 10:31
The Victoria’s Secret Runway Show returned to Los Angeles on Sunday night with a high-stakes blend...
Monday, 19 October 2026 - 10:25
The sixth annual Academy Museum Gala lit up Los Angeles as stars gathered in support of the Academy Museum...
Saturday, 31 October 2026
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Saturday, 31 October 2026
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Friday, 16 October 2026
Wednesday, 07 October 2026