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Exclusive: Former New Zealand PM ‘based out of Australia’, according to spokesperson, after rumours she was looking for houses in Sydney The former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is living in Australia with her family, a spokesperson has confirmed. “The family has been travelling for a few years now,” her...

Ending more than four decades of conjecture, the Spanish government moved to publish documents from a long-secret investigation of a failed 1981 coup.

The identities of those on board - including six others who were wounded - is unclear.

BBC international correspondent Quentin Sommerville travelled to Culiacán in northern Sinaloa state following an explosion in violence.

Rare clash off island’s coast took place amid oil embargo and heightened tensions between two countries The Cuban interior ministry has said that border guards killed four people and wounded six more on a speedboat bearing a Florida registration off Cayo Falcones in Cuba’s Villa Clara province. The Cuban government...

Ukraine must project strength to secure continued Western support. But its people want the world to know they are not superhuman.

Christophe Leribault, who runs the Palace of Versailles, will replace Laurence des Cars, who resigned months after an audacious jewel heist.

Palestinians and Israelis on the right and left all say that the move is a step toward legitimizing the Israeli settlements, which most of the world considers illegal.

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Marielle Franco's murder at the age of 38 in Rio de Janeiro sparked protests across Brazil.

Two politicians and two former police officers were found guilty in the assassination of a rival, Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman who fought corruption and violence.

The release comes on the same day as the death of the coup leader, Antonio Tejero Molina.

Conspiracist Dezi Freeman hasn't been seen again – but people in the small town of Porepunkah want closure.

This is the first time that a pope will visit Algeria, whose population is mostly Muslim.

João Francisco Inácio Brazão and Domingos Inácio Brazão sentenced for murder of Marielle Franco, a gay Black woman and rising political star Two influential Brazilian politician brothers have been convicted by Brazil’s supreme court of ordering the murder of Marielle Franco , the Rio de Janeiro city councillor, nearly...

The Venezuelan leader overestimated his strength and misread his exchange with President Trump in the decisive weeks before his capture by U.S. forces.

Culiacán in northern Mexico has seen a surge in violence as rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel battle for control.

Despite his connections with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the former prince is eighth in line to the British throne. That could change.

The so-called solidarity contribution will go to each of the 115 injured and the families of the 41 who died.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz laid out his complaints in a frank message to his hosts on a trip to Beijing that China had designed to showcase their relationship.

Access to biological samples raised flags for Zimbabwe as the US did not want to share the benefits of its research.

The next round of talks between the US and Iran in Geneva on Thursday could be decisive in the president's decision-making.

Chris Baghsarian, 85, was taken from his home and murdered, in what authorities believe was a case of mistaken identity.

The number of Roman Catholics is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else, according to the Vatican.

A newspaper reports Gates apologised to staff over his links to Epstein and said: "I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit."

Leaked draft of $1bn memorandum of understanding reveals mandatory targets, sharing of data, and reported access to mining concessions The US has been accused of “shameless exploitation” over a health financing agreement with Zambia worth more than $1bn (£740m), amid warnings that the country is getting a raw deal...

Tommy Schaefer released early from sentence for murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack and will face US federal charges Indonesia has freed and deported a US man after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali, and he will now faces federal charges...

Negotiators agree that joining the bloc is critical to Kyiv’s future. But obstacles abound, and compromises might forever change how the union works.

Min Hee-jin has said she "can no longer bear to watch" the group get "torn apart".

The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan's growing tensions with China.

Surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island Japan will deploy missiles to a tiny island near Taiwan within five years, its defence minister has said, in a move that is likely to inflame tensions with China. The...

A triumph in indoor soccer has turned Alireza Ahmadi, 17, and other players from the Hazara minority, long marginalized in Afghanistan, into national heroes.

“Her children have let her down,” said one woman, referring to Queen Elizabeth II. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s fall from grace drew strong reactions from some. Others said they just did not care.

Rebound in the country – which has been having demographic crisis – said to be partly because of 3.6 million born between 1991 and 1995 having children South Korea recorded 254,500 births in 2025, the largest annual increase in 15 years, driven largely by a temporarily enlarged generation – known as “echo boomers” –...

Four-day Caricom summit dominated by debate about US interventions in the region as military strikes against suspected drug boats continue US interventions dominated speeches at a summit of 15 nations from the Caribbean and the Americas on Tuesday, as the region’s leaders met amid deadly military strikes against...

Firefighters search for 39 people missing in debris after river burst and houses were swept away Three firefighters pulled a man’s body from the mud amid the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in south-eastern Brazil, where 30 people died and 39 were still missing on Tuesday after torrential rains. A river in...

Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão accused of ordering shooting of Marielle Franco and her driver in 2018 Brazil’s supreme court has opened the trial of politicians accused of ordering the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro councillor Marielle Franco , a case that exposed deep ties between politics and organised crime in the...

‘Extraordinary’ golden lamb’s head pillaged in 1874 from what is now Ghana remains hidden in officers’ mess The Royal Artillery is facing criticism after it emerged they are refusing public access to an “extraordinary object” looted by the British army in the 19th century from the Asante people in modern-day Ghana....

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, known for lavish lifestyle, also accused of theft and being illegal immigrant after man allegedly shot in back A son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been charged with attempted murder after a 23-year-old man was allegedly shot in the back on 19 February in an upmarket...