The mayor of a town in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional government said, barely 24 hours after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the Latin American country's first woman…

Angela Jiang says she is much happier since she moved out of a high-rise apartment building. She used to live on the 68th floor of a condo tower in downtown Toronto, but five years…

For the leaders of both Hamas and Israel, ending the war in Gaza has become a deadly game of survival. The terms on which the war finally ends could largely determine their political…

Donald Trump has joined TikTok, despite attempting to ban it on national security grounds during his presidency. In 2020 he signed a presidential executive order attempting to ban…

The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to 970 million voters among its more than 1.4 billion people, and its general election…

China has accused UK's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 of recruiting Chinese state employees as spies. In a post on its official WeChat channel, China's Ministry of State Security…

Ruja Ignatova has not been seen since she took a flight from Sofia to Athens in October 2017 In September 2019 a BBC podcast started reporting on the extraordinary tale of Ruja Ignatova,…

Mexicans are voting in an election which is almost certain to see the country's first female president elected. Both the front runner, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her main rival, Xóchitl…

The US government has "every expectation" that Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza, according to National Security…

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. Analysts warn the polls, released by various news agencies, have often…

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political…

Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US…

Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86. In a statement, her family said that Robinson had died "peacefully" on Friday morning. Robinson…

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said Diane Abbott is "free to go forward as a Labour candidate", ending days of speculation about the veteran left-winger's future. Ms Abbott, the…