Former senior commander of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, appears for a hearing over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Darfur conflict in 2003-04 at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Koen Van…
Trekkers have described facing “extreme” conditions after an unseasonable snowstorm during one of China’s busiest holiday weekends stranded hundreds of people on Mount Everest, prompting a massive rescue effort. Chinese authorities said about 350 people had made their way down…
His decision was taken at the end of a rollercoaster day during which the French president himself made no public remarks, but was spotted pacing alone along the banks of the Seine, cutting a solitary figure and apparently weighing up…
Israel and Hamas have begun indirect talks in Egypt on a US ceasefire proposal amid cautious optimism that the nearly two-year war in Gaza may be nearing its end, despite deep divisions between the two sides. Negotiations will focus on…
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be among more than 70 people of different nationalities to leave Israel on Monday after they were seized aboard an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla. Most, if not all, those being released from Israeli detention will…
Andrew HardingParis correspondent, Mazan BBC For over a decade, Gisèle Pelicot’s husband drugged her and invited other men to come to their home and rape her while she was unconscious France’s mass rape victim, Gisèle Pelicot, is returning to court…
Rescue efforts are under way on Mount Everest after a snowstorm trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media. Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face…
Donald Trump has sparked a fresh frenzy about his health after giving a very unorthodox CNN interview. The 79-year-old president gave an exclusive interview to State of the Union host Jake Tapper Sunday, but bizarrely texted his answers in at…
Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media. Hundreds of local villagers and…
Priscilla turned into a hurricane on Sunday in the Pacific Ocean, and it is expected to continue strengthening into next week. The storm system formed Saturday off the west coast of Mexico, where it was forecast to bring dangerous surf…