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The government of Pakistan says it has "no connection whatsoever" with the case of Shabir Ahmed.

Neill died in Sydney on Monday, with his family saying his death was 'sudden and unexpected'.

There are currently 838 wildfires actively burning across the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

Blanche faces a bipartisan grilling as he seeks to assume the role of US attorney general permanently.

Scientists describe "amazing feeling" to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed.

A large section of the giant Morandi motorway bridge crumbled and collapsed on to the railway tracks below.

Argentina face the prospect of disciplinary action from Fifa after their players celebrate the World Cup semi-final win against England with a banner in support of their country's claims to...

Hegseth says he is authorising hormone screening to ensure US troops "operate at your absolute best".

Dong Guangping, who has resettled in Canada, recounts his perilous escape from China to South Korea.

The same horrific scenes have played out before, spurring calls for action. So why has this happened again?

Five episodes of the award-winning children’s cartoon have been released in Australian Indigenous language for the first time.

The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.

Officials say they are suspected of selling "seditious" books which incited "hatred" against authorities.

The March and March provincial leader died of his injuries in hospital several days after being shot.

CN Rail told the BBC that operations were temporarily suspended in the affected area in the province of Ontario.

Civilian casualties are reported in four Ukrainian regions, while Kyiv hits 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea.

The opposition says the aim of the talks is to strengthen the democratic institutions and the electoral system.

The defeat triggered opposition calls for Meloni to resign ahead of next year's general election.

Ernest Bai Koroma was arrested in 2023 after gunmen broke into an armoury and some jails, freeing inmates.

Delivery riders in Milan, Bologna and Florence want to protect their health and their wages.

Weak demand domestically and the impact of the Iran war on oil prices overshadowed the country's strong exports.

The symbolic midnight ceremony was followed by large crowds crossing between Gibraltar and Spain without border checks.

The crash killed 260 people, including 241 on board, with only one passenger surviving.

The case has gripped Nigeria since President Bola Tinubu ordered a corruption investigation last week.

Twelve of the 13 victims were foreign nationals, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday.

The abrupt about-face from the US president was the latest twist in a conflict that has now lasted more than four months.

The House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed bill that would end decades of Americans having to reset their clocks twice a year.

Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala, due to appear at the Madlanga Commission, grew up hustling to make a living.

The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher examines the latest tensions over the key international shipping channel.

A man was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window mid-air on a Ryanair plane.

Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway.

Control of the waterway has become a key point of contention between the US and Iran, as a ceasefire deal falters.

The president had sought to delay the payment as he tried to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the judgement.

The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.

Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is "seriously injured and in shock".

Production will stop for two years at the mine which employs more than 4,000 people.

The Iran-backed Houthis blame Saudi Arabia for the attack in Yemen's capital and say they targeted Abha airport in response.

The ban also restricts exports of mercury and cyanide to Sudan, chemicals widely used in gold mining.

India won the first women's Test at Lord's, 142 years after its first men's Test.

Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.