Multiple people have been killed and injured and some are still missing after a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Washington, authorities said. The...
A school assistant was to go on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of sexual mistreatment of young children in his care. It is the latest...
Cambodia’s former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was serving a 27-year sentence for treason, has been pardoned, the country’s former prime minister said. Hun Sen, who...
At least four people have been killed and 17 are missing after a building under construction collapsed in the Philippines, authorities say as search and rescue...
The execution of a Tennessee death row inmate has been postponed after staff were unable to find a vein to administer a lethal drug. Tony Carruthers,...
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro – Paris crash that killed 228 people –...
The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the 1996 downing of two planes between...
At least 10 people have died after heavy rains caused widespread flooding and landslides across southern and central China. The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) maintained elevated...
A Jackson Pollock artwork, described as one of history’s “first truly abstract paintings”, has sold at auction for $181m (£135m) in New York. Number 7A, 1948,...
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a drastic reduction to its visa-free entry scheme for tourists from more than 90 countries. The decision, issued on Tuesday, shifts the...