Spain's Christmas lottery has been welcomed as an "injection of hope" in the northwest of the country, where the jackpot handed out hundreds of millions of euros just months after wildfires had caused devastation.Most of the first-prize-winning tickets in the...
EPA/ShutterstockAt least three people have been killed and nine others injured as a knife-wielding attacker went on a rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei.The 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs at Taipei's main metro station, before running to another station...
Nardine Saad,Los AngelesandRegan MorrisReutersA California doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to eight months of home detention and three years of supervised release, making him the second person to be sentenced in the actor's...
Sarah Rainsford,VilniusandDearbail JordanWatch: BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisonersBelarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country.Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those...
Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations' cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco's list of "intangible cultural heritage", but now Italian cooking traditions and the way they are practiced...
Paul Njie,Thomas Naadi,Chiagozie Nwonwu,BBC Africa reportersandLucy FlemingBTVThe soldiers appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning to say they were suspending the constitutionThe government of Benin says it has foiled an attempted coup by members of the West African nation's...
Authorities arrested a Virginia man in connection to two pipe bombs placed outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees on the eve of the 6 January Capitol riot nearly five years ago.US Attorney General Pam Bondi and...
EPA/ShutterstockPresident Zelensky has said Kyiv's priorities in peace talks to end the war with Russia are maintaining Ukraine's sovereignty and securing strong security guarantees.Zelensky said "the territorial issue is the most difficult", as Russia continues to demand that Ukraine give...
James FitzGeraldandMahfouz ZubaideAFP via Getty ImagesTens of thousands of Afghans entered the US under special immigration protections following the US withdrawal from the country in 2021Afghans living in the US have condemned Wednesday's "deeply tragic" deadly shooting attack in Washington...
PA MediaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Dan Driscoll in KyivWhen talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war took an unexpected turn last week, with the leak of a peace plan said to come from the US, the Trump administration...
