Zelenskiy said 277 Ukrainian service personnel had returned home from Russian captivity...
The Russian president says he ordered his forces to "stop all military activity" until the end of Sunday....
Pakistan has accelerated its drive to expel Afghans who are undocumented or had temporary permission to stay....
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 18:00 Moscow time on Saturday until the end of Sunday....
Fears about unpredictable policy are prompting investors to question their faith in the US dollar....
Officials from the two countries have not held direct negotiations since 2015....
The BBC has seen evidence indicating about 70% of government buildings were damaged by the quake in the capital....
Volkswagen could relocate some production of its high-end Audi line to dodge US tariffs on automobiles ordered by President Donald Trump, the German carmaker's CEO said in an interview....
Rakhaldas Banerjee is credited with discovering Mohenjo-daro, but his legacy is tainted by controversy....
Israel has blown up Gaza’s only specialised cancer treatment hospital, as well as an adjacent medical school, drawing condemnation for again targeting a medical facility, which is banned under interna...
Two other people are missing, as officials urge people to take caution as a surf warnings remain....
Judge rules Trump-era passport policy likely unconstitutional, but limits relief to six plaintiffs....
Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 billion people, scientists warned....
The Trump administration has been deporting accused gang members to a notorious El Salvador jail....
Iranian and US officials will hold a second round of high-stakes talks on a new nuclear deal in Rome on Saturday....
The Yizhuang half-marathon is the first time robots have raced against humans over such a distance....
Sen Chris Van Hollen returned from El Salvador and spoke about his time meeting with Kilmar Ábrego García....
As Trump threatens to walk from peace talks, a mineral deal looks unlikely to offer Ukraine security....
Students and journalists are among the 189 people on trial in Istanbul after protests last month....
The move to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans is part of Trump's broader campaign...
Vance is expected to have a formal meeting at the Vatican on Saturday with Cardinal Pietro Parolin...
Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have claimed KFC is a symbol of the United States and its ally Israel....
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Chinese companies that Kyiv earlier imposed sanctions on were involved in the production of Russian Iskander missiles....
Rubio said a US peace framework he presented received an "encouraging reception"....
Two men were killed in a mass shooting at a university in Florida allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff with her old service weapon, police in the southeastern US state said Thurs...
The United States unveiled new port fees on Chinese-built and operated ships in a bid to boost the domestic shipbuilding industry and curb China's dominance in the sector....
The new US ambassador to Japan said he was "extremely optimistic" that the two countries will agree a trade deal, after Tokyo's tariffs envoy visited Washington....
While China's leaders use their economic and political might to fight Trump's trade war "to the end", its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign on...
There are concerns around what democracy could look like and the role of Islam in the new regime....
Sky-high tariffs imposed on China by US President Donald Trump have triggered a slump in factory orders, manufacturers told AFP this week -- with some fearing business may never return....
Egyptian mediators have been working to revive the January ceasefire agreement....
US strikes on a fuel port in Yemen killed at least 38 people on Thursday, Houthi-run media said, one of the deadliest days since the United States began its attacks on the Iran-backed militants....
According to Houthi media, at least 33 people were killed during the attack on Ras Isa....
There were two ghosts in the room during Canada's federal election debate - Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump....
The move would be a step towards a final deal derailed by a row at the White House in February....
The charges will start in 180 days and rise in the coming years....
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posts photos of his meeting with Kilmar Ábrego García, whom the Trump administration has refused to return to the US....
A hearing set to decide the fate of the convicted killers was delayed after bickering in court....
The group says it wants a deal that would free all hostages in return for an end to the war....
BBC Verify looks at the evidence behind allegations that the Salvadoran mistakenly deported to a mega-prison was a dangerous gang member....
Some 175 tents raised as part of an expansion to the base's migrant detention centre have been removed....
Sources say half a million US weapons obtained by the Taliban have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups....
The US president says Jerome Powell's "termination" as central bank chair "cannot come fast enough!"...
"There will be a trade deal, 100%," Trump said, while Meloni said she was "sure" they could reach agreement....
Witkoff appeared to suggest that a peace deal hinged on the status of five Ukrainian regions....
Officers took one suspect into custody shortly after the shooting....
A Swiss ski resort is cut off and people have been told to stay indoors in the French resort of Tignes....
One person was taken into custody after the shooting on Thursday, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner....
Witnesses in al-Mawasi told the BBC that people were burned alive as tents were engulfed in flames....
The cable car had been traversing the valley when a cable to one of the cabins snapped, local media report....
The French president announced the commission on the 200th anniversary of France ordering Haiti to pay a debt for its freedom....
Travellers are warned of disruptions as workers stage industrial action over pay and conditions....
US President Donald Trump’s administration will ask a US federal appeals court to pause a judge’s ruling lifting access restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press....
Members of the largest organisation representing British Jews have said they can no longer "turn a blind eye" to the war in Gaza, adding "Israel's soul is being ripped out"....
A mysterious group has accused Justice Minister Gérard Darmanin of declaring "war" on prisoners....
Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony after being accused of taking bribes....
Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated before travelling to risk areas for Easter....
The organisers of the failed 2017 Fyre Festival are reportedly looking for a new location for the reboot....
Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" and said it should lose its government research contracts after the prestigious university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision....
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system....
Inflamed by endless claims of liberal "deep state" operatives targeting their president for prosecution, Donald Trump's supporters dreamed of the day when he would return to office and take his reveng...
Trump also threatened on Tuesday to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status....
Russian air defence systems destroyed 71 of Ukraine’s drones over six regions overnight....
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the institution of "threatening national security"....
Israeli attacks on Gaza will end if Hamas releases all remaining captives, US President Donald Trump's top hostage envoy said in an interview with Al Jazeera....
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday denied in court that his company bought rival services Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralise them...
The talks form the highest level of transatlantic engagement about the war since February....
The US Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enroll foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration to share information on some v...
Frontrunner Mark Carney was tested in Wednesday's French-language debate, the first of two match-ups before the 28 April election....
The White House doubles down on claims Kilmar Ábrego García was in a gang, which his lawyer denies....
She wll have to walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books....
Police suspect the range was used by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms....
Engineer Cristina Balan raised a safety concern about a design flaw which could affect the cars' braking in 2014....
She was one of the Philippines' biggest film stars with a career that spanned seven decades....
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life....
Community members in the small town of Chelsea passed the books one-by-one to the bookstore's new location a block away....
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress was found "unresponsive" at her New York City apartment in February....
Chinese online marketplace Temu and fast-fashion retailer Shein will raise prices on their products next week as President Trump's crackdown on low-value imports and sweeping tariffs increase expenses...
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev....
The US government is accused of "wilful disregard" of a ruling blocking the deportation of 200 individuals to El Salvador....
Mohsen Mahdawi, a former protest leader, was arrested after showing up to the appointment in Vermont....
Defence Minister Israel Katz also says Israel will continue its humanitarian aid blockade to pressure Hamas to release hostages....
The suit comes after a public spat between the state's governor and Donald Trump over transgender women competing in sports....
The Kremlin said that Putin's talks with the Qatari Emir in Moscow would focus on "topical issues"...
The Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, both died of natural causes about a week apart....
Citizens from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia would all have their claims fast-tracked....
The Geneva-based institution says American tariffs will send international trade into reverse....
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Maine, in an escalation of President Donald Trump's conflict with the state for refusing to ban...
Federal housing officials accused Letitia James, who won a real estate case against Trump in 2023, of mortgage fraud....
Millions of people have tuned in to watch moose on the move in northern Sweden over the past six years....
Attacks in Nigeria's troubled north-central state of Plateau have killed more than more than 100 people in just under two weeks....
Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the legal definition of a "woman" is based on a person's sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over tra...
Britain and France on Wednesday pledged to maintain pressure on criminal gangs in Haiti via sanctions....
A Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight injured three people, sparked fires and damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, officials of the southern Ukrainian region said....
France recalls its ambassador to Algeria and orders 12 Algerian diplomats to leave as tensions continue to rise....
The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic....
Israel said it would keep blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, where a relentless military offensive has turned the Palestinian territory into a "mass grave," a medical charity repo...
The EU has published a list of seven countries it considers "safe", in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc....
The suspect, 40, is accused of setting fire to the homes of some of his alleged victims to cover his tracks....
Tiny cash-based Pacific nation gets electronic banking for the first time....