Typhoon Kong-rey, the biggest typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, has made landfall on the island’s eastern coast. Schools and workplaces across Taiwan were closed on Thursday…

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Israel wants the Lebanese army to be deployed in areas around the border in place of Hezbollah Senior American officials have returned to the Middle East to try to…

Aerial footage shows a massive column of smoke, as a fire engulfed a shopping centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The blaze spread across 18,000 square metres and destroyed more than…

Flash flooding in Spain left a trail of destruction with cars and debris piled in the streets. Emergency services worked overnight and used hoses in order to clear water from…

As diehard baseball fans flock to watch the two biggest US cities battle it out for a World Series title, many are coming from across the globe to this Los…

Rescue efforts are continuing as Spain endures its worst flooding disaster in decades, with at least 95 people confirmed dead and dozens more missing after huge rains swept the eastern…

US President Joe Biden playfully bit a baby during a trick or treat event at the White House. Mr Biden was handing out sweets to children during a Halloween celebration…

A court in France has sentenced a Rwandan former doctor to 27 years in jail for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide in his country. Eugene Rwamucyo was found guilty…

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke briefly walked off stage during his Australian solo tour after an exchange with an audience member who heckled him with a protest about deaths in Gaza.…

See evidence of drone strikes in Kherson authenticated by BBC Verify – some are too graphic to show Just before noon one day Serhiy Dobrovolsky, a hardware trader, returned to…