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Horrific new details have emerged of how a fearless safari guide risked his own life by repeatedly punching a raging lioness in the face as the animal fatally mauled tragic...

A doorman has been gunned down outside a city centre nightclub in a drive-by shooting.

In this world of perpetual fear, Arabs and Iranians are viewed only as distant and dangerous objects, not people. And in the world of worst possibilities, Mr Netanyahu is king. But Israel's enemies are changing. Where on...

Of the live dolphins caught in the town of Taiji about half find buyers in China and other countries, it's reported, despite criticism of the hunt About half of the live dolphins caught in the Japanese coastal town of Ta...

The situation in Asia Pacific generally and in the South China Sea in particular is explosive. There are several actors and tensions involved, including between the Philippines and China. When last year Philippines Presi...

Hundreds of people attend the funeral of a man who died in police custody as an investigation into his death continues.

A BBC investigation sees evidence that details what happened to the $10m sent from Fifa to accounts controlled by former vice-president Jack Warner.

Iraqi forces, with the support of the U.S., are now in control of Baiji city, military and militia sources told CNN.

Passionate writings from black US musician Henry Crowder to white English heiress Nancy Cunard shed light on scandalous yet profound relationship Unpublished letters casting light on a notorious jazz age affair, between ...

We look at why news organisations are being muzzled by Erdogan’s government in the run-up to parliamentary elections.

Syrian army claims retaking Hasakah city from ISIL fighters as Iraqi forces advance in Beiji.

Two men die and a major mountain rescue operation is launched after a group gets into difficulty while swimming in North Wales.

The capsizing is China's worst maritime disaster since 1948

Fears of MERS in South Korea is growing by the day, with more than 2,300 people quarantined as the country grapples with the outbreak.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers search for 2 convicted murderers who escaped NY prison

Thailand tries to boost image on human trafficking amid doubts it is serious about solutions

The New York State Police said the inmates had escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, a maximum-security prison about 170 miles north of Albany near the Canadian border.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany

Hundreds of schools have closed and hundreds of people are quarantined amid the outbreak, the largest outside the Middle East.

Obama looks to repair US-German relationship at Bavaria meeting of leading industrial nations

The summit of world leaders will also seek to keep up pressure on Russia over Ukraine and discuss Greece's debt crisis.

Israel airstrike hits Gaza in response to latest militant rocket attack; casualties reported