Ten people have died after a slab of rock broke off a cliff and crashed on to pleasure boaters near a waterfall in Brazil.At least 32 people were injured in the freak accident which...

Pouring rain is rarely a good omen for a big turnout but in the French capital on Saturday, tens of thousands defied the weather and took to the streets to express their anger and...

The so-called "Gates Of Hell" in Turkmenistan could soon be extinguished, after the country's leader said it was causing ecological damage.However, rather than being a supernatural portal to the underworld, the name refers to...

Twenty-seven of 130 passengers who ended up stranded in Mexico because of their behaviour on their flight from Canada have returned home to face an investigation.The individuals were stopped by Canadian border guards after...

World tennis number one Novak Djokovic appears to have been photographed with young players the day after his lawyers said he tested positive for COVID-19.Djokovic is currently being held in an immigration detention centre...

At least 22 people have died after being stuck in their vehicles when temperatures fell to -8C (17.6F) during heavy snowfall in Pakistan.Eight of the 22 who died at mountain resort town of Murree...

Kazakhstani authorities have arrested its former intelligence chief on suspicion of treason as the central Asian republic continues to be gripped by unrest.Karim Massimov's detention was announced by the National Security Committee, which Mr...

At least 56 people have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced people in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray, according to Reuters.There were at least 30 others injured in the...