Category: 2. World

A preliminary report into last month’s funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people has detailed a litany of failings.

Portugal’s Air and Rail Accident Investigations Bureau said an underground cable – which acted as a counterweight between two…

Victims of sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy have expressed hope after meeting Pope Leo at the Vatican for the first time.

Gemma Hickey, board president of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA Global), told the BBC it spoke “volumes” he had met them…

Former National Football League (NFL) running back Doug Martin has died aged 36 while in police custody in California.

The Oakland Police Department said the former American football star – who played for teams including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…

Brazil’s state oil firm has received a licence to conduct exploratory oil drilling in the sea off the Amazon, despite environmental concerns about the project.

The approval will allow Petrobras to drill in a block located in Amapá, 500km (311…

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack renewed threats against Lebanon on Monday in an opinion piece published on his social media account, warning that Beirut must “act” or face an “inevitable” Israeli assault.

The U.S. “must assist Lebanon in…

Lushkja struck in the eighth and 11th minutes to give his side the perfect start before Mehdi Hashemnezhad hit the third in the 40th minute and Danial Esmaeilifar scored his side’s fourth three minute into injury time.

Masoud Zayer Kazemayni…

Hamas has handed over a body that it says is a hostage, the Israeli military has said.

The body was transported by the Red Cross to Israeli forces in Gaza, and will now be returned to Israel for formal identification.

Before Monday, Hamas had…