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Israel has received, via the Red Cross, a coffin that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) say contains the body of one of the last three deceased hostages still in Gaza, according to the Israeli prime minister's office.Israeli forces...

PA MediaIn nominating Driscoll as his army secretary, Trump wrote he had a "powerful combination of experiences to serve as a disruptor and change agent".Some in Washington are wondering if those qualities and his recent appearance on the world...

Authorities worldwide have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a worsening trafficking crisis that threatens the survival of one of the planet's most iconic species, according to...

The FBI is working with the Department of Justice to see if there is "anything more" from the Jeffery Epstein files that can be released to the public, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Patel told journalist Catherine Herridge there...

Four more people have been arrested as part of the investigation into last month's theft of precious jewellery at the Louvre Museum, the Paris prosecutor's office says.Two men, aged 38 and 39, and two women, aged 31 and 40,...

A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive comic book ever sold.The brothers...

Nigerian actor, content creator and influencer Odira Nwobu has died in South Africa aged 43, his lawyer and the Actors' Guild of Nigeria have told the BBC.News of his death has shocked many at home in Nigeria, prompting an...

An iconic Popemobile belonging to the late Pope Francis has been turned into a mobile medical clinic for children in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Aid workers say it has a practical purpose and also serves as a symbol of...

Poland has been told to recognise same-sex marriages registered elsewhere in the European Union, in a ruling by the EU's top court.The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that EU member states were obliged to recognise a same-sex marriage...

Nigeria's government is making "no meaningful effort" to rescue more than 250 children abducted from a Catholic boarding school in the central state of Niger last Friday, the main Catholic cleric in the region has told the BBC.But Bishop...