Mostly young rioters have clashed with police and looted shops in a fourth day of violence across France, while unrest was also reported in some French overseas territories, following the police killing of a 17-year-old during a traffic check earlier this week. Some 45,000 police

Despite the tragic incident involving the ill-fated Titan submersible that resulted in the loss of all five passengers, OceanGate, the company responsible for operating the vehicle, continues to offer future expeditions to the Titanic shipwreck on its website.  Promoting trips

The government said it would deploy 2,000 riot police to deal with any unrest, a day after a 17-year-old was shot in the chest by a police officer who then appeared to lie about the circumstances of the killing. The shooting had already sparked unrest in several Paris suburbs

Some 64 flights were cancelled at Geneva's international airport on Friday, it said, after operations were halted for four hours because of a strike by workers at the start of the busy summer travel season. "Because of the social action... the direction decided a temporary

A deep orange-brown sun shined through hazy skies as smoke from Canadian wildfires spread across North America and beyond, choking millions of people and triggering severe air quality alerts. Here's why the fires are so smoky and why people should be concerned. Why is there so

Unrest continued in France for a second night as security forces deployed in their thousands to quell protests over the killing of a 17-year-old by police, which French President Emmanuel Macron described as “inexcusable” while also pleading for calm as justice took its

This year’s Hajj pilgrims reached Jamarat Bridge on Wednesday as they advanced through Mina for the final rite, the stoning of the devil, on the first day of Tashreeq. About 2 million pilgrims made their way to the massive multistory complex in Mina from Muzdalifah, where they

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s strong condemnation and denunciation on Wednesday of an extremist’s burning of a copy of the Qur’an at the Stockholm Central Mosque in Sweden during the Eid Al-Adha holiday. “These hateful and

US President Joe Biden and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have joined the chorus of world leaders congratulating the world’s Muslims marking Eid-ul-Azha. Canada and the US are celebrating Eid-ul-Azha or the feast of sacrifice today along with many countries across

Clashes have broken out between demonstrators and police following public outrage over the shooting death of a 17-year-old in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after the youth allegedly failed to comply with a police order to stop his car. The teenager was driving in a rental car in the

The leader of Russia's 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, three days after his Wagner mercenary group's mutiny came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow. "Yes, indeed, he's in Belarus today," leader Alexander Lukashenko announced,

Attention in the Ukrainian capital has been fixed squarely on the mutiny of the Wagner Group, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and its consequences for Vladimir Putin and the conduct of the war in Ukraine. The drama over the border in Russia has hardened the view in Kyiv that Mr

The White House has strongly condemned the online harassment faced by a Wall Street Journal reporter who questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of religious minorities' rights during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden in Washington on June 22. 

A man has died after being shot while sitting in a car in one of Sydney's busiest shopping districts, police say. The victim - aged in his 40s - was targeted in a car park at 08.30 local time on Tuesday, according to New South Wales Police. He died at the scene. The man has not

New evidence of China's spy balloon programme - including flights over Japan and Taiwan - has been uncovered by BBC Panorama. Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future. China has not directly addressed the

The Israeli government has advanced plans for some 5,700 new homes in the occupied West Bank. The announcement comes despite US pressure to stop settlement expansion, which it sees as an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. A US spokesperson said Washington was "deeply

President Vladimir Putin has paid tribute to pilots killed in the short-lived mutiny by the Wagner Group and expressed his thanks to those who opposed the rebellion in his first public comments since Saturday’s revolt was ended. “The courage and self-sacrifice of the fallen

Twelve people were killed and seven others injured early Monday after a bus carrying them collided head-on with another in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The accident occurred near Digapahandi in Ganjam district, about 200 km southwest of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.

Australia, one of the biggest non-NATO contributors to Ukraine, is to send an additional 70 military vehicles to Ukraine as part of its latest military assistance package for the country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the 110 million Australian dollars ($73.5m) package on

The president of Honduras has declared an immediate curfew in a town where 13 people were shot dead on Saturday. Xiomara Castro described the killings in a pool hall in Choloma as a "brutal and ruthless terrorist attack". The victims, who were at a birthday party, were 12