The Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his officeby a close friend, the office of the president said in a statement on...

When Aline Oudin was forced to find a new home for her beloved 28-year-old chestnut horse Ténor du Pluvinage, she placed an advert asking if anyone could offer him a...

North Korea has fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast, a day after South Korea and the US wrapped up military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier....

Workers cleared the pools of blood and pieces of broken pews at the Saint Francis Catholic church in south-west Nigeria on Monday, as the local community mourned more than 50 parishioners shot...

Several people were killed and 40 more were injured on Friday when a regional passenger train derailed in the southern German state of Bavaria. The death toll rose to five on...

The president of Costa Rica says his country is "at war", as cyber-criminals cause major disruption to IT systems of numerous government ministries. Rodrigo Chaves said hackers infiltrated 27 government...

Spain's former King Juan Carlos arrived in the country Thursday after spending nearly two years in exile in the United Arab Emirates. The Royal Household said Juan Carlos would be visiting family for...

A medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams has been ordered to pay compensation to 13 women for gender discrimination. Juntendo University said...

Mozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year. Dr...

Police in the city of Bremerhaven were called to a local high school on Thursday after shots rang out, leaving one person seriously injured. German newspaper Bild reported that the incident took place at...