A court in Benin on Thursday sentenced two former allies of President Patrice Talon to 20 years in jail on charges of "conspiring against the authority of the state".

Global figure skating's tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington killed two ...

A wallaby joey has been pictured emerging from its albino mom's pouch - after spending four months inside. The joey, which is yet to be named, has begun to emerge from the pouch of its mother - an ...

Buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners left an Israeli prison on Thursday, after chaos during the release by Gaza militants of three Israeli hostages and five Thais led to a brief ...

The deadliest US plane crash for a decade poses the first major test for Donald Trump's fledgling administration -- and for the president's plans to radically reshape the government, including ...

Zakaria Zubeidi, a former leader of a Palestinian militant group jailed for attacks that killed several Israelis, is to be released Thursday as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal between ...

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday handed over Israeli woman hostage Agam Berger, a soldier, as a third ...

The French economy grew 1.1 percent in 2024 but shrank in the fourth quarter as a political crisis gripped the country after ...

Ayse Barim, a renowned manager of Turkish television stars, has always steered clear of politics, but that did not help her ...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi insisted his troops were mounting a "vigorous" response to Rwanda-backed fighters ...

A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington's chilly Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air ...

Israel and Hamas were set to carry out their third hostage-prisoner exchange on Thursday, with three Israelis and five Thai captives slated for release as part of a ceasefire deal ...