The world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion on November 15, the United Nations said Monday, with India replacing […]

Former prime minister Shinzo Abe, one of Japan’s most prominent post-war political figures, has died after being shot in the […]

A prime beachfront resort seized from its black owners nearly 100 years ago has been returned to their descendants by […]

Four people have been killed in a shooting spree at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police say. Officers confirmed that […]

Newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will talk about her historic appointment Friday afternoon on the South […]

The UK government has imposed sanctions on Chelsea football club’s owner, Roman Abramovich. The Russian billionaire is one of seven […]

As the world moves ahead to mark International Women’s Day, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards. All of […]

With more than 200 million speakers, Swahili, which originated in East Africa, is one of the world’s 10 most widely […]

The mayor of Canada’s capital, Ottawa, has declared a state of emergency in response to more than a week of […]

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from a US talk show after saying the Holocaust involved “two groups of white people”. […]

Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam’s […]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President […]