Russian authorities claim the detainee was promised $158,000 and safe passage to a European country if he helped kill Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

For more than three months, judges and lawyers have tried to grasp the true nature of Dominique Pelicot, the man who invited dozens of strangers to join him in raping his drugged wife.

Police renewed their investigation into the disappearance of a Cuban man in the Spanish hamlet of Tajueco after Google published the image two months ago.

Nigel Farage has acknowledged rumours that the tech billionaire is considering a multimillion-pound donation to his populist Reform UK party.

Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from the rubble of fallen buildings, but the number of dead is “expected to increase”.

A single frame on Google street view has become a vital clue in solving a murder case in Spain.

Two people whispering in Trump’s ear have opposing views on how to fix one of his biggest challenges: the country’s obesity problem.

“We really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the Nazis,” says an international war crimes prosecutor who estimates 100,000 people were killed.

The government had been encouraged by President Volodymyr Zelensky to reopen the embassy, while other senior Ukrainians had expressed frustration with the government’s reluctance to return.

The US has transferred two detainees at Guantanamo Bay after they pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2002 bombings in Bali.

There has been a second earthquake in Vanuatu this morning with a magnitude of 6.0.

A senior Russian general has been killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow.

The family of Reeva Steenkamp have been quick to comment on Pistorius’ new relationship, nearly a year after the former athlete was released on parole.

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure quakes, and are we doing enough to prepare?

A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu. Australia has sent search and rescue and emergency medical teams.