The number of Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely far higher than official figures, Oxfam has warned, due to lack of clean water and sanitation.

Sky News has obtained exclusive images that demonstrate illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank were being advertised at a controversial property show that attracted large protests in London on Sunday.

More than 1,000 people were killed in drone strikes in Sudan in the first five months of this year, the United Nations has revealed.

The stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon has been jailed for two rapes - including one in the basement of his family's home.

At least 28 people have died and several others were injured aftera bus plunged into a ravine in Ethiopia, state media reported.

There is cautious optimism on financial markets that a US-Iran peace deal will ease the hit to the global economy caused by their war.

A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine has killed five rescue workers in Kharkiv and four people in Kyiv, as strikes set apartment buildings ablaze and sparked a fire at one of the country's most significant religious landmarks.

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US musician Oliver Tree is believed to be among six people dead after a mid-air collision between two helicopters in Rio de Janeiro.

Police in Geneva have fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a UN agency in protests ahead of tomorrow's G7 summit in neighbouring France.

A daredevil adventurer nicknamed "The Spider-Man of Yemen" has died after falling into a volcano crater while attempting to climb a vertical rock face without safety equipment.

Switzerland has rejected a cap on the country's population when the proposal was put to the vote in a nationwide referendum.

Sir Lewis Hamilton has won his first Formula 1 Grand Prix victory with Ferrari, while George Russell and defending champion Lando Norris made it the first all-British podium since 1968.

A rare, deep-sea goblin shark has been studied alive in its habitat for the first time.

A woman has been seriously injured in a shark attack off a Sydney beach in the fourth incident of its kind in recent weeks.

Ukraine's continued strikes on fuel supplies to Crimea have sparked the worst fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha has died after nearly four years in a coma, aged 47.

Forecasters say there is a risk of a "very strong" El Nino, which typically leads to higher global temperatures and drought in some areas, but heavy rainfall in others.

We spent an hour talking to former Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who is one of the most influential voices in the West Bank.

Petrol stations in the Russian-held ‌Crimea had run dry on Thursday, witnesses said, after Ukraine stepped up drone strikes on supply lines to the peninsula.

A Norwegian teenager accused of flying to the UK to assassinate a stranger for money has told a court he's "no cold-blooded professional hitman".

A final report into a deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash is expected to be delayed past the one-year anniversary on Friday, a source has told Reuters.

Pakistan launched new airstrikes in Afghanistan after months of fighting between the two neighbours that killed hundreds.