Terrible weather conditions, including heavy rainfall continue to cause devastation across countries, with houses being swept away and people going missing. Greece continues to be ravaged by heavy storms and widespread floods. Over the last week, much of the Mediterranean has
A cash boost of hundreds of millions of dollars and more control of land in the occupied West Bank are among Palestinian demands in the event of a three-way deal involving the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel, the BBC has learned. Officials from the Palestinian Authority (PA) held talks in R
A nationwide manhunt has been launched for a former soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial at HMP Wandsworth in London after being accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. It is be
Officials say a dangerous killer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison climbed the same walls another inmate scaled earlier this year to get away. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, whose escape last week has made headlines in his native Brazil, remains at large. Newly released prison footage
US President Joe Biden has awarded the nation's highest military medal to a Vietnam War helicopter pilot who disregarded a direct order. Retired Army Capt Larry Taylor, now 81, flew his Cobra helicopter into a firefight to rescue four US troops from near certain death in 1968.
The Proud Boys' former leader Enrique Tarrio has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. It is the longest sentence handed down so far to a ringleader over the attack, as US lawmakers were certifying President Joe Biden's victor
Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government - meaning it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation. A draft order to be laid in Parliament will allow its assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told CBS. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, the official said. The
The Central African regional bloc, known as Eccas, says it has suspended Gabon's membership in response to last week's coup. Earlier on Monday the coup leader, Gen Brice Oligui Nguema, was sworn in as transitional president. He seized power just after Ali Bongo was dec
Three men have been arrested in connection with a violent riot following a Quran burning in Sweden. Unrest erupted after an Iraqi anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika set fire to a copy of the Islamic holy book on Sunday. Police said they detained 10 people for disturbing public