Help is needed urgently from the international community to help some 2,500 apparently stateless “foreign children” at a camp for the displaced, in north-east Syria, a […]

The UNICEF campaign will use social media to show that most parents trust vaccines to protect their children, amid growing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, VaccinesWork has […]

More than 100 people were arrested as climate change protesters demonstrated in central London. Police said there had been a total of 113 arrests, the majority […]

 Afghan officials say at least five more people have been killed and 17 are missing as a new wave of heavy rains and flooding swept across […]

Cockroaches, the six-legged creatures may be a bugbear for most, but Li Bingcai and other breeders in China are turning them into a niche business. Some […]

Pope Francis has said he is “praying for French Catholics and for the people of Paris in face of the terrible fire which has ravaged Notre […]

Organisers of mass protests in Sudan have told the BBC they want the full dismantling of the “deep state” left behind by ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. […]

The former chief executive of the carmaker Volkswagen,VW has been charged in Germany over the diesel emissions scandal. The public prosecutor in Braunschweig charged Martin Winterkorn, […]

After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says. Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf […]

Fraudsters have once again swindled unsuspecting clients out of their life savings as they managed to intercept emails from a financial services provider to its clients, […]

PM Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to secure a record fifth term after almost complete results from Israel’s election suggest a new right-wing coalition. His Likud party […]

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his rival, the former rebel leader Riek Machar, are meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday for a two-day retreat aimed at reconciliation […]

New film using AI technology reveals David Beckham speaking nine languages – calling on people to join the world’s first voice petition to end malaria. In […]

Three US troops and 1 contractor were killed by an improvised explosive device Monday near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced. In addition, three U.S. service members […]

Israelis are voting in the country’s most closely-fought general election in years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud Party, is seeking a fifth […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on world leaders to come up with proposals to create a digital world that is accessible, inclusive and safe to all. […]

The US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who enforced some of President Donald Trump’s controversial border policies, has resigned. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin […]

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia won’t ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the second treaty the government is withdrawing from after coming […]

The US has revoked the entry visa for the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Fatou Bensouda has been investigating allegations of war crimes […]

Rescue operations are under way across Iran as the death toll from severe flooding has reached more than 60. There are new warnings that dams in […]