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Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast.Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the coup attempt was led...

A swimmer is missing following an extremely rare shark attack off the coast of northern Israel on Monday.It happened in the sea at Hadera, about 40km (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv.The incident was witnessed by people on Olga...

Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that its freezing of federal grants worth billions of dollars is unlawful.Its president, Alan M Garber, announced the action on Monday in a letter to the university community...

Old footage of Lebanon's former president Michel Aoun tripping during a foreign summit has resurfaced in social media posts that mistakenly identify him as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The clip has appeared in multiple reports about the incident...

As the world mourns the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church faces a critical moment in choosing its next spiritual leader. Three African cardinals from DRC, Ghana and Guinea are among the contenders for the papacy so could...

A senior Palestinian official familiar with Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations has told the BBC that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have proposed a new formula to end the war in Gaza.According to the official, it envisages a truce lasting between five...

Nikita YadavBBC News, Delhi@MEAIndia/XVance arrived in India on Monday, accompanied by his wife Usha and their three children. Usha Vance's parents migrated to the US from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, and some media reports have said that...

The head of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) has voiced hope that the next pope will continue on the legacy of openness pursued by Pope Francis, warning that the election of a conservative figure could pose challenges...

China has executed a man for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, the Japanese embassy in China has told the BBC. Zhong Changchun was sentenced to death in January for attacking the boy, who had been walking...

The death of Pope Francis has reverberated around the world, with the Catholic leader remembered by millions as a Jesuit pontiff who pushed for social and economic justice.Here is how the major British newspapers responded to the news.“Groundbreaking head...