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The prime minister of Peru, Gustavo Adrianzén, has resigned hours before he was due to face a no-confidence vote in Congress.Members of Peru's Congress had called for the no-confidence vote after the recent kidnap and killing of 13...

Mali's military junta has dissolved all political parties in the country amid a growing crackdown on dissent since the army seized power."All meetings of members of political parties and organisations of a political character are dissolved across the national...

Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and...

At least 48 Palestinians have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza overnight, a local hospital says.The Indonesian hospital reported that 22 children and 15 women were among the dead after a number of...

Caroline HawleyBBC Diplomatic CorrespondentNurPhoto/GettyHuman rights groups are warning of a "surge" of deaths of migrant construction workers in Saudi Arabia, as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2034.Labourers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents in the...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle "cowards", saying "they'll be back soon".The group of Akrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump...

EPAUkraine has become a hot-button political issue in Poland's crucial presidential election campaign.Far-right populist Slawomir Mentzen, currently polling third, is virulently anti-Ukrainian and supports an "agreement" with Russia's Vladimir Putin. In second place is conservative Karol Nawrocki, who opposes...

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsChimpanzees are not the only non-human apes with apparent knowledge of plant-based medicine. A recent study showed a wild oranguatan using chewed leaf material to heal a facial wound.Scientists think studying this wild ape behaviour...

Some families of those killed in a Jeju Air plane crash last December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people, including South Korea's transport minister and the airline's CEO, for professional negligence.The 72 bereaved relatives are calling for...

US President Donald Trump has said he will lift sanctions on Syria, ahead of an expected meeting with its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.Trump has agreed to "say hello" to Syria's interim president on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia as part of...