There have been well over 20 weather-related deaths across Europe since snowstorms started battering the Alps in December. The storms have caused major travel issues, power outages, and buried several Alpine villages, with areas

A partial government shutdown in the United States over President Donald Trump's demand for $5.7bn to build a wall along the US-Mexico border has entered a record 22nd day. Trump, holed up in the

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has launched its manifesto for elections in May. At the launch in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to create more jobs and address racial inequality. The vote in

President Donald Trump has hidden details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, two days after the New York Times disclosed that the FBI had opened an

A year ago today, a young man named Naqeebullah Mehsud was killed in an alleged shoot-out in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi. The police initially claimed that Mehsud was a "hardened member of the Pakistani

Washington's top diplomat said he was "optimistic" an agreement with Ankara could be reached which will protect Syrian Kurdish groups while allowing Turks to "defend their country from terrorists" following a US pullout from

GAZA: It started with a single pill. Mohammed was working as a digger of tunnels through which goods were being smuggled into the southern Gaza Strip from Egypt when he said felt the need

After 262 years, one of the US's founding fathers has come home to the Caribbean. The Broadway musical, Hamilton, has premiered in Puerto Rico. The musical's composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, spent parts of his youth

Guatemala City - Holding picket signs emblazoned with messages condemning corruption, Dolores Yal and other indigenous Maya Kaqchikel women and men lined up behind their banners, waiting for the march to begin. They travelled

In two months' time, the UK will leave the European Union. While the divorce is being viewed as a political issue, its economic impact is undeniable. London's financial services industry, "the square mile" as it's