International

Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote. Mr Nadezhdin has...

Four people have died and one person was critically injured after a hot air balloon crashed into the ground in...

Ecuador's president has ordered that criminal gangs be "neutralised" after days of violence culminated in an attack on a television...

South Korea has passed a new law, which aims to end the slaughter and selling of dogs for their meat...

French legislators have granted final approval to a contentious immigration measure, signaling a dramatic policy change that tightens requirements for foreign...

A woman in Australia has been charged with stealing a delivery van packed with 10,000 Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The van...

A woman once branded "Australia's worst mother" has had her convictions for killing her four children quashed. The New South...

Two US men have been charged with illegally killing about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles. Simon Paul and...

An elephant christened by activists as one of the world's "saddest" has died at a Philippine zoo, where she lived...

A British-Nigerian man has confessed in a US court to defrauding and stealing more than $6m (£4.7m) over seven years....