Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced a $4.3bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes at a time when his country is locked in tension with the United States....
Dozens of schools and preschools across Australia and New Zealand have been fully or partially closed after a warning over asbestos risks in children’s sand. A...
The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his...
Some Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who worked through the 43-day US government shutdown will get bonus cheques, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced. Noem...
Some 200 Kenyans are fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine and more could be recruited into the conflict, authorities say. Among them are former...
Germany’s coalition government has agreed a new military service plan to boost troop numbers following months of wrangling between political forces. The new military service plan...
A mother-and-daughter duo – one claiming to be a fortune teller and a feng shui master – have been charged over allegedly scamming almost A$70m ($46m;...
The public prosecutor’s office in Milan has opened an investigation into claims that Italian citizens travelled to Bosnia-Herzegovina on “sniper safaris” during the war in the...
Ancient statues and other artefacts have been stolen from Syria’s National Museum in Damascus, officials say. The theft was discovered on Monday, when staff reportedly found...
A US naval strike force centred around the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived in the Caribbean, the US Navy has confirmed....