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The Eritrean woman travelled through several countries before crossing from France to the UK in a flimsy boat, hoping to find safety.

A 41-year-old Indian-origin man drove his Tesla off a cliff with his two children and wife still inside the car in California, US.

A drunk man urinated on an elderly female passenger onboard an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi on November 26 last year.

An auto garage in Kyiv is giving beat-up cars a second life as battle-ready vehicles for Ukraine's military, trying to plug a supply gap as the war with Russia grinds on.

Pope Francis enters a new phase of his papacy free from the constraints of co-existing with a predecessor.

A 20-year-old woman was dragged for almost 12 kilometres under a car by five drunk men in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that it said killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported death toll significantly.

Three white men have been arrested in connection with the assault of two Black teenagers at a resort pool in South Africa.

Tens of thousands pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at lying-in-state

The authorities at a Mexican airport found four human skulls inside a package that was being shipped to the United States.

The family of famous actor Benedict Cumberbatch may face legal action for their links to the slave trade in Barbados.

Several top football players were detained by Iranian police on New Year's Eve in Tehran.

Russia continued intense attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on New Year's Day, following a barrage of missiles fired on Saturday, with air raid sirens wailing for hours overnight.

Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church's traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death of his predecessor, Benedict.

2022 also saw the highest ever single-day total of migrants making the crossing, with 1,295 making the journey on August 22.

Many were ready to set aside pinched budgets and a virus that is increasingly forgotten but not gone, and embrace a party atmosphere on New Year's Eve.

A 23-year-old woman has been accused of kicking her baby across the floor after she was caught shoplifting at a Walmart store in New Jersey, US.

Sara Khadem is reportedly planning to settle in Spain after photos of her taking part in an international tournament without a hijab went viral.

The former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, has revealed that she "could not stand" her husband, Barack Obama, for almost 10 years.

A woman from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly holding her domestic help hostage for nearly two months.

There has long been a debate whether to allow transgenders to compete against biological men or women.

Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were urged to head to air raid shelters early on Friday as sirens wailed across the city, a day after Russia carried out the biggest aerial assault since it started the war in February.

Former pope Benedict XVI remains in a serious but stable condition, Italian media reported Thursday, the day after the Vatican revealed the 95-year-old's health had deteriorated.

Alexandra Eckersley, the adopted daughter of former Major League Baseball player Dennis Eckersley, left her newborn baby out freezing in the cold.

The University of California, in San Francisco, has released a report apologising for unethical dermatology experiments conducted on prisoners.

Pope says ex-pontiff Benedict 'very ill'

General Alexei Maslov, a former Russian army chief with ties to Ukraine, died "suddenly" at the age of 69.

Journalist and TV personality Piers Morgan's followers were left baffled after he posted a number of offensive tweets from his account on Tuesday.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is also a staunch Putin supporter, has made some really wild and weird predictions for 2023.