Ukraine's top military commander has admitted his soldiers are facing "difficult conditions" defending Pokrovsk - a key eastern front-line town - against massed Russian forces.Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian troops were facing a "multi-thousand enemy" force - but denied Russian...
Nick Davis,Kingston and Rachel HaganEPAMany parts of the island have been hit hard - this photo was taken in Kingston on TuesdayThe true extent of Hurricane Melissa is still being revealed in Jamaica.Without power or phone coverage, much of the...
Damian Zane and Danai Nesta KupembaReutersHundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes because of the ongoing conflictSudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has taken control of the western city of el-Fasher, marking a...
Video has emerged appearing to show the alleged thieves behind the Louvre heist making their escape on a mechanical ladder in broad daylight.Two people can be seen looking around frantically as they slowly descend, minutes after the famed Paris museum...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited.The US and Russian presidents announced after their phone call on Thursday that they...
Thousands of grief-stricken mourners attend Raila Odinga’s funeral.One of Kenya's most revered politicians, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, has received an emotional send-off at his state funeral in the capital, Nairobi.Tens of thousands of people - many carrying branches as...
Sammy AwamiBBC Africa, Antananarivo andDanai Nesta Kupemba'We have seized power,' says head of military unitAn elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar from President Andry Rajoelina following weeks of youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island.Standing outside...
Norberto ParedesBBC Mundo andAlex BoydWatch: 'A great honour for Venezuelan society' - Machado speaks to the BBCNobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has told the BBC she is grateful for what US President Donald Trump is doing "around the...
Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, Istanbul andDavid GrittenEPAThe talks seek to end the devastating war in Gaza which has killed tens of thousands of PalestiniansTop US envoys and regional figures have taken part in the third day of indirect talks between Israel...
Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.Hundreds of local villagers and rescue...
