Kidnapping of foreigners soars in Africa's lawless Sahel region

'It's eerie' - Dubai on edge as city comes under attack by Iran

Oil prices rise after ships attacked near Strait of Hormuz

Deadly Texas bar shooting is 'potentially an act of terrorism', FBI says

Why is WhatsApp's privacy policy facing a legal challenge in India?

At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says

Iran confirms Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead after US-Israeli attacks

Italy arrests Burundi man over 2014 murders of three Catholic nuns

Pakistan defence minister says country in 'open war' with Afghanistan after strikes

Former US diplomat sentenced to life for abusing two girls in Burkina Faso

Epstein tried to buy a palace in Morocco days before his arrest in 2019

American citizen among those killed in Cuba boat shooting, US official says

Pope Leo to visit four African countries in April

Kenyan charged with luring young men to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Nigeria to hold inquest into death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's toddler

Threat of further violence looms after Mexican cartel rampage

UN sanctions paramilitary leaders over Sudan atrocities

Zimbabwe rejects 'lopsided' US health aid deal over data concerns

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

2 Ugandan women detained after allegedly kissing in public

Nigeria denies report it paid 'huge' ransom to free pupils in mass abduction

Ramaphosa thanks Putin for release of South Africans lured into Russia-Ukraine war

Rob Jetten becomes Netherlands' youngest ever PM

Mexico sends thousands of soldiers to stop violence after death of drug lord

Chad shuts border with Sudan in bid to stop conflict spreading

Robert Mugabe's son charged with attempted murder in South Africa

Dollar dips as Trump's tariff wall slips

Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place

Armed man killed after entering secure perimeter of Trump's residence, Secret Service says

Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy