A controversial agreement to grant Ukrainian diplomats visa-free access to South Africa has sparked outrage within political circles. South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, who is from a different…

A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered nearly 200 years after it was first written. The unknown waltz was unearthed…

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that he kept a “death squad” to crack down on crime while mayor of one of the country’s largest cities. In his first…

At least 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese health ministry said. Two children were killed in the strikes on 12 areas…

Getty Images There are no pictures of the city but it had pyramid temples similar to this one in nearby Calakmul A huge Mayan city has been discovered centuries after…

The moment two children were saved from a car stuck in the path of an oncoming train has been captured on camera. According to CBS, BBC’s local partner in the…

Getty Images Women’s contribution to India’s GDP is just 17%, less than half the global average A new study highlights how promoting female entrepreneurship can greatly enhance women’s workforce participation.…

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. Puerto Ricans have reacted to the joke, calling it “disrespectful”…

EPA Bolivia’s government has rejected claims by the former president, Evo Morales, that it ordered a targeted attack on him. Morales says his car came under sustained gunfire on Sunday…

BBC Israel has passed two laws banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating in Israel, and in occupied areas under its control, by large majorities. A number of…