More than 200 children are being treated in hospital with lead poisoning in north-west China after school chefs used inedible paint to decorate their food. Eight...
A commercial vessel in the Red Sea has come under attack after small boats fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons towards the ship. According to the...
At least 78 people have been confirmed dead in central Texas and another 41 are missing following flash floods on Friday. Sixty-eight of the fatalities, including...
Australia’s prime minister has promised to take strong action following an apparent arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne. Pictures showed a man pouring liquid on...
Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists streamed into India’s Himalayan town of Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama. Ferocious monsoon rains did...
A frantic search for survivors is under way in central Texas after flash floods killed at least 43 people, including 15 children. Many were asleep when...
A five-storey building has collapsed in Pakistan, killing at least eight people and injuring nine others, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for more...
French police have waded into shallow waters off a beach south of Boulogne and used knives to slash an inflatable small boat – packed with men,...
A wildfire on the Greek island of Crete has led to the evacuation of more than 1,500 people, local media outlets have reported, as an early...
US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit right away, in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell....