Video shows speed fire spreads in Hong Kong tower block
Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House. from BBC News h…
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General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup
Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters. from BBC News https://ift…
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Watch: Car nearly hits first responders in Midwest blizzard conditions
Winter storm alerts and hazardous weather outlooks have been issued for parts of the US ahead of th…
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Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia's 'fix-it' president
After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a…
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'I am devastated': Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats
Efforts to control the blaze are continuing as locals wait for news of missing loved ones. from B…
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Who killed our children? Indian parents ask as 'house of horrors' convict acquitted
Twenty years after police found the bodies of 19 women and children in Nithari, the case is back in…
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Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot
The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term a…
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German 'hammer gang' trial for seven accused of extreme-left violence
The trial in Dresden comes shortly after the US designated the Antifa Ost group as a terrorist orga…
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Trump envoy denies bias as he pushes for Sudan peace plan
Efforts to negotiate an end to the war, which has displaced 12 million people, remain unfruitful. …
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S Korea's most prolific online sex criminal sentenced to life in prison
"Pastor" Kim Nok-wan, 33, ran a cybersex ring that exploited hundreds of victims includin…
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Bollywood's 'He-Man' Dharmendra dies at 89
Best known for the iconic role of Veeru in the all-time great Sholay, Dharmendra was India's &q…
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Chinese land, US radar and ties to Taiwan: The geopolitics rattling a tiny Pacific nation
Palau's strategic location and diplomatic ties with Taiwan have made it a focus of US-China riv…
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Rubio hails 'tremendous progress' at Ukraine peace talks
The top US diplomat says more work is needed to finalise a US-Ukraine deal that will then need Russ…
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Ukraine's Aonishiki becomes sumo champion in Japan
Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to c…
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Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene to quit Congress after Epstein files feud
A falling out with the US president erupted amid her relentless calls to release documents on the l…
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Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe dies aged 80
His family issued a statement on Saturday saying they are "deeply saddened to announce the pas…
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Zelensky warns Ukraine risks losing US support over White House peace plan
Vladimir Putin says the plan could be the "basis" for peace but warns Russia is prepared …
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'A lot of fighting': Fossil fuel row breaks out at UN climate summit
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.…
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US judge resigns after being disciplined for wearing Elvis wig in court
In court, Judge Thornhill would play the singer's music from his phone and make "irrelevan…
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India's delayed action plan raises eyebrows at COP30 climate summit
India says it has met a key target of its previous climate action plan, but many say it needs to do…
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BBC visits US-led Gaza ceasefire monitoring centre in Israel
Soldiers from more than 20 countries, diplomats and aid workers are based at the Civil-Military Coo…
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'Huge columns of smoke': BBC at the scene of fire at COP30
Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was at the UN climate talks in Brazil when a fire broke out. from B…
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Klimt painting second most expensive artwork sold at auction
The portrait of Austrian heiress Elisabeth Lederer was looted by the Nazis and almost destroyed. …
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Trial opens into North Macedonia nightclub fire that killed 63
Thirty-five people and three institutions are on trial. Prosecutors say years of failings turned th…
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Ex-Harvard president Larry Summers steps back from public role after Epstein email release
The former US treasury secretary says he is "ashamed" of his emails to the late sex offen…
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Zelensky to meet Trump envoy in Turkey in bid to 'intensify' peace talks
There were no plans for the Russian side to join the talks, the Kremlin said. from BBC News https…
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