AFP Brahmapuri’s blue homes have become a distinct marker of Jodhpur’s identity The neighbourhood of Brahmapuri in India’s Jodhpur city stands at the foot of a famous fort that’s perched…

BBC Tuyet van Huynh (left) is campaigning to track down the scammers Chinese communities are being targeted by scammers who trick older women out of their valuables by persuading them…

Italy has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby through surrogacy. The move extends a ban on the practice inside the country to also include…

Reuters The US says it will be watching to see that Israel’s actions on the ground in Gaza match its statements on aid The first aid in two weeks has…

AFP Djibo Bakary, Niamey’s first mayor, was a key figure in the fight for independence which happened in 1960 when Charles de Gaulle was France’s president Niger’s military leaders have…

Reuters Ramez Abu Nasr managed to save his brother from the rubble Warning: This piece contains graphic descriptions of death and violence The hand was covered in dust, streaked with…

The UN’s special coordinator for Lebanon has criticised Israel after air strikes on municipal buildings in the southern city of Nabatieh killed the mayor and 15 other people. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert…

A Russian whale watcher has been found alive, along with two dead relatives, two months after he set off. State TV showed 46-year-old Mikhail Pichugin in a hospital in Magadan,…

ED JONES/AFP Russia denies North Korean soldiers are preparing for combat in Ukraine (file pic) Russia’s army is forming a unit of some 3,000 North Koreans, a Ukrainian military intelligence…

Officials from the UK and the US are urging India to co-operate with Canada’s legal process after it accused India of being involved in homicides, extortions and other violent acts…