Dina Boluarte was virtually unknown on the Peruvian political scene a year and a half ago, when she rode into office in July 2021 as Pedro Castillo's vice president.

The South American country's first ever female leader asked the opposition for a truce as she tried to end the turmoil sparked by Pedro Castillo, who had attempted to dissolve parliament and rule by decree. Castillo's power grab was quickly stamped...

Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Amini died after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict hijab dress code for women. "Mohsen Shekari, a rioter who blocked Sattar Khan St...

The deal announced overnight promises the Shas party five ministerial jobs in Netanyahu's incoming government, which is expected to be the most right-wing in Israel's history. "We have achieved another step towards forming a government," said Neta...

Israeli troops killed three Palestinians on Thursday in their latest deadly raid on the flashpoint city of Jenin, Palestinian health officials said, as violence surges in the occupied West Bank.

Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.

The two poorer European Union countries want to smooth trade with the rest of Europe but face concerns from Austria in particular over migration from third countries. EU justice ministers meeting in Brussels will debate the bids from Romania and Bu...

The incident involved an attempt by Australia to illegally alter the surface of the ball with sandpaper to gain an advantage against South African batsmen during a Test match in Cape Town, which was caught on camera. Warner was cast as the key vill...

That was until the Hollywood producer tracked down a red-brick 15th century pile with 60 rooms in the countryside in northwest England. In 2017 the American quit California to live full-time near Manchester and restore the building, which had falle...

Within months of the research's publication in 2016, the London-based investor says the company tracked him down, placed him under surveillance, and began trying to hack into his emails. Followed and photographed, he became so fearful for his fami...

Until now, he has spent his life entertaining visitors to the Sofra e Ariut (Bear's Table) restaurant in Tirana along with his sister Liza. But on Wednesday, under heavy anaesthetic, he started his journey to the Aberbasch shelter in northern Austr...

Israeli forces have made near-daily raids across the territory in recent months, many of them deadly, following a series of lethal attacks on Israelis. The Palestinian health ministry said three people were killed "by bullets from the Israeli occup...

India's largest winemaker Sula Vineyards is heading to the stock market, betting on the diversifying tastebuds of a booming urban middle class in a country that has long favoured strong liquor.

Russia said its troops were taking part in tactical exercises in Belarus on Thursday, amid fears that Moscow is pressing its ally to get more involved in the Ukraine war. The drills come a day after President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Russia's w...

Li was in a group of doctors in the central city of Wuhan who warned on social media of a new SARS-like disease spreading in December 2019, and was reprimanded by police for spreading "rumours". He later died of the coronavirus, triggering an outpo...