Ione WellsSouth America correspondentTrump on Venezuela: "We are going to run the country"The US may want many of its foes gone from power. It doesn't usually send in the military and physically remove them.Venezuela's abrupt awakening took two forms.Its residents...
ReutersKaja Kallas accused the Kremlin of trying to derail the peace process with allegations of a Ukrainian attack on government sitesThe EU's top diplomat has called Moscow's claims that Ukraine targeted Russian government sites a "deliberate distraction" and an attempt...
Getty ImagesStock image of a residential street in Suriname's capital, ParamariboNine people including five children have been stabbed to death on the outskirts of Suriname's capital, Paramaribo, police have said.Another adult and child were taken to hospital after sustaining serious...
Democratic US Representative Joyce Beatty has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove President Donald Trump's name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Last week, the board of the Kennedy Center - which Trump filled with allies...
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...
