A breakaway party of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has emerged a kingmaker following last week’s hotly contested local government elections. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led by

A suicide bomb attack has killed at least 70 people at a hospital in Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. About 120 others were injured in the blast, which happened

An Iranian nuclear scientist detained since 2010 has been executed, his family has told the BBC. Shahram Amiri’s mother said the body of her son had been returned to their

A fire during a birthday party at a bar in the northern French city of Rouen has killed at least 13 people and injured six. The blaze in the Cuba

An Emirates plane has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport. All 300 people on board were able to escape from the burning aircraft. The plane appeared to have landed on its

Another frighteningly high glass-bottomed skywalk has been unveiled in the mountains of southern China, daring brave tourists to walk along a cliff with a cavernous drop on the other side.

Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the Japanese capital’s first woman governor, exit polls project. Public broadcaster NHK and other media forecast Ms Koike as the

A hot air balloon has caught fire and crashed in the US state of Texas, probably killing everyone on board, the local sheriff says. Aviation officials said at least 16

French prosecutors have identified the second man involved in the killing of a priest in a Normandy church on Tuesday as 19-year-old Abdel Malik Petitjean. Like the other attacker, Adel

US President Barack Obama has implored voters to help continue his legacy by carrying Hillary Clinton to victory at the polls in November. Mr Obama praised Mrs Clinton at the

A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco. The stone got past the elephant’s fence

A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. The attackers entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray