Category: 2. World

The White House has defended US President Donald Trump after he aimed an offensive gesture at a heckler during his appearance at a Ford factory in Detroit on Tuesday.

Footage of the incident published by TMZ appears to show the president…

A construction crane fell onto a moving train in north-eastern Thailand, killing at least 32 people and injuring 66 others.

The crane derailed the train and crushed some of its carriages, one of which caught fire. A one-year-old and an 85-year-old…

Analysis by BBC Sport tennis news reporter Jonathan Jurejko

At the start of the night, Coco Gauff admitted she didn’t want to win the One Point Slam.

Instead, the two-time major singles champion wanted an amateur to take home the money. They would…

Two senior doctors have been arrested in Russia following the deaths of nine babies in a maternity hospital in Siberia this month.

The newborns died during the long New Year holiday in Novokuznetsk, Russia’s main investigative authority said in a…

The head of Uganda’s electoral body says he has received threats warning him against declaring certain presidential candidates the winners of Thursday’s election.

Simon Byabakama said he would not be intimidated by such threats from senior state…