U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to a deal to reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, as insurgent forces attacked a second northern city. ...
A Saudi-led military coalition said on Sunday it launched air strikes on Houthi military targets in southwest Yemen that Houthi-run media said had hit a prison, killing tens of people. ...
Trains to Hong Kong's international airport were suspended on Sunday as pro-democracy protesters threatened to disrupt transport links to the airport, The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) operator said. ...
The list effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the state of their citizenship. ...
Indonesian police have arrested dozens of people in the easternmost region of Papua following protests last week in which buildings were set ablaze, a police spokesman said on Sunday. ...
As England's Premier League continues to grip Nigeria, the football phone-ins are intense listening. ...
The forests provide protective 'clothing' for sacred spaces but farmland is putting these ancient trees at risk. ...
The BBC's Gavin Lee boards a small boat to see some of the dangers face by migrants who cross the English Channel. ...
Footage shows officers beating people with batons and using pepper spray in train carriages. ...
Riot police violently tackle suspected protesters in Hong Kong's metro system after demonstrations. ...
U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to an agreement that would reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, a day after insurgent forces stormed the strategic northern city of Kunduz. ...
Pro-democracy demonstrators planned on Sunday to choke travel routes to Hong Kong's international airport after a chaotic night of running battles between police and masked protesters, the latest wave of unrest to hit the Chinese-ruled city. ...
Leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday mark 80 years since the start of World War Two in Poland, with the conflict still a live political issue in the country. ...
Paula Garner is currently nursing more than 80 poorly hedgehogs back to health. ...
Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi is shown flying a fighter jet, wearing combat fatigues, and firing a gun. ...
When Daniel Tyler went backpacking, little did he know he'd end up a star in Malaysia. ...
The star talks about singing with her heroes on her 11th and apparently final album Threads. ...
Women who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault shed light on their stories in a new film. ...
Thousands marched in a meandering tour of downtown Hong Kong on Saturday in the pouring rain, the latest in a series of anti-government protests that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. ...
A senior Iranian official said on Saturday the United States had shown flexibility on the licensing of Iranian oil sales and this was a sign that Washington's "maximum pressure" policy against Tehran had been defeated, state media reported. ...
Thousands marched peacefully in Hong Kong on Saturday in pouring rain, the latest of a series of anti-government protests that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. ...
Britain's finance minister Sajid Javid on Saturday he had a "fantastic" relationship with Boris Johnson after reports that he had a furious argument with the prime minister after the sacking of one of his aides. ...
A group of South Korean lawmakers visited islands disputed with Japan, sparking a protest from the Japanese foreign ministry as the countries' already tense relationship deteriorates further. ...
Festival-goer Shane Billingham had “poisonous” levels of carbon monoxide in his blood, police say. ...
Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, Afghan and Taliban officials said, even as the United States and the hardline Islamist group seem close to finalizing a deal for the withdrawal of American troops. ...