An Air India flight attendant has been injured after falling from the door of a parked aeroplane at India's Mumbai airport.
Harsha Lobo was preparing...
Indonesian police say they have broken up a child trafficking operation that was allegedly buying and selling babies on Instagram.
Four people were arrested, including...
Theresa May has been filmed dancing for the second time on her tour of Africa as she tries to tie down trade deals ahead of Brexit.
The prime minister...
Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a "contract killer".
"Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone," Francis said in an address...
Three pupils have been killed after being struck by lightning in Uganda's north-western district of Yumbe.
Ugandan Red Cross Society spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita confirmed that...
A second British woman has died from "Brazilian butt lift" surgery, the BBC has learned, as fresh warnings come over the risks.
The British Association...
At least 42 people have died after drinking contaminated bootleg alcohol in Iran, a government spokesman said.
Health ministry spokesman Iraj Harirchi said 16 people...
Convicted paedophiles in Kazakhstan are facing chemical castration after the government provided funding for some 2000 injections.
One man from the Turkestan region will receive the first injection...
Separatists in Cameroon’s restive English speaking regions staged a prison break leading to the escape of about 70 prisoners, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
The...
Kenyan governor Okoth Obado has been charged in court with aiding and abetting the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, a pregnant student.
The married governor...
A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for stealing $600 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store.
Authorities say 48-year-old...
The US has imposed sanctions on the Chinese military over its purchasing of Russian military jets and surface-to-air missiles.
It says such purchases contravene US...
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been given a temporary reprieve from deportation to Ghana, where he was born.
Adoboli was...
Washington Post White House reporter Josh Dawsey tweeted a photo of the event invitation which highlighted the large costs. The money will go towards...
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi announced during a trip to Vatican City that the Pope planned on visiting the southern African country next year, to...
Two sisters have died in Somalia from complications that arose after undergoing female genital mutilation, according to Hawa Aden Mohamed, who campaigns against the...
Hurricane Florence, which is nearing the US East Coast, could kill "a lot of people", officials warn.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) says storm...
More than 3,600 children in Germany were assaulted by Roman Catholic priests between 1946 and 2014, a leaked report has revealed.
The study was commissioned...
The mortal remains of the late United Nations (UN) Secretary-General will be laid to rest today at the Military Cemetery in Accra.
The three-day state...
