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A search and rescue operation is under way after a ferry carrying nearly 270 people turns over after leaving port.

Broadcaster RUV reports that 52.8% of voters rejected the government’s proposal to resume talks.

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

Mourners gather outside the palace as royals, politicians and citizens remember a beloved king, whose son has adopted the family…

Laura Bicker explains how a lake which formed after the recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border is raising fears of…

China says a lake formed after a recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may burst in the coming days.

Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan…

BBC music correspondent Mark Savage looks back on the legacy of the “irreplaceable” late singer.

A hospital official told the BBC that the door to the ward was not locked, but manned with security guards,…

The latest escalation in an ongoing trade war between the US and Canada will see new levies on goods from…

The US has threatened to isolate nations that continue to do business with Tehran, which sells much of its oil…

Scott Bessent says the US will sever all economic ties with the country and that any nation partnering with Iran…

Ozon says its warehouses across southern Russia, including in Dagestan and Krasnodar, were hit in the overnight strikes.

Five years after the Taliban’s return, the BBC follows senior figures as the group reshapes the country.

It comes after Moscow warned of “consequences” over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine.

Mykhailo Fedorov has also called for wartime elections to be held in Ukraine.

Canada’s prime minister said he was “reluctantly” announcing retaliatory tariffs as he accused the US of starting a trade war.

The Canadian prime minister will have the sell his gamble that walking away from talks with the White House will…

New 50% levy on $20bn of Canadian imports comes into force after last minute breakdown in trade talks.

Negotiations to finalise a deal between the US and Canada are going down to the wire ahead of a Friday…

Thirty “pioneer families” have arrived on a wave of nationalism driven by Israel’s government, but the rapid change has left…

European countries and Canada pile on pressure over Israel’s plans to expand settlements in a strategically vital part of the…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says allies will need to decide whether they “are with us or against us”.

Apartment blocks and warehouses were targeted in the “massive attack” on Thursday, officials say.

Australia’s foreign minister summoned the Israeli ambassador over “insulting” Zomi Frankcom decision.

The five-year-old spent hours on the phone to paramedics before her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in…

Martial law has been in place in Ukraine since February 2022, under which elections are suspended.

Meta argued social media addiction does not exist, as a trial stemming from a major lawsuit brought by US states…

Russia accuses the UK of escalating the Ukraine war after British-made drones were used, but the MoD says it stands…

Multiple children are feared to have been conceived using sperm and egg donors which were not the ones selected by…

The US and Oman have been negotiating separately to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that has been closed…

US President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later on Monday.

His decision to reduce the partnership came after South Korea recently declined to aid his war effort in Iran.

Firefighters are tackling a fire at a market in Kyiv, while Moscow reports that a warehouse was hit.

Officials say a rapid assessment into the impact of the earthquake that destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed 47 is…

A search and rescue operation is under way to find survivors in Flores, an island in eastern Indonesia.

“I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” the 28-year-old said after pleading guilty to charges of stalking resulting…

Women across the country speak of public floggings, losing their jobs, and barriers to healthcare that endanger lives.

BBC’s Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport.

The mayor of Qusra says Israeli troops have been telling families to leave their houses, using some as barracks.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, Dmitry Muratov says the Kremlin leader can only “destroy Ukraine, not…

Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other’s shipping facilities and ports.