US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his young daughter have been killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.
Donald Trump has issued a thinly veiled threat to the Democrat leading the impeachment case against him, saying Adam Schiff has "not paid the price, yet" for his actions.
The Academy's snubbing of female talent shows that its members are not watching the films they are meant to judge, actress Carey Mulligan has claimed.
Pope Francis asked the world's 1.3 billion Catholics to stop for a moment of prayer and reflection on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz and say "never again".
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, quelling years of rumours she was purged or executed by her nephew.
Thousands of Iraqis yesterday faced live gunfire as they poured into the streets of Baghdad in defiance of calls by powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to stay at home.
China's deadly coronavirus is becoming stronger and carriers of the disease can pass it on even if they show no symptoms, health authorities have warned.
