The official cause of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires, fuelled by powerful winds and drought-like conditions, is yet to be determined.

Boris Johnson has branded Russian President Vladimir Putin a "f****** idiot" over his alleged imperial ambitions.

On 19 December, 80-year-old Palestinian grandmother Halima Abu Leil was shot in an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) raid on her neighbourhood in Balata refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank.

On 19 December, 80-year-old Palestinian grandmother Halima Abu Leil was shot in an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) raid on her neighbourhood in Balata refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank.

Andy Murray has said he thinks his coaching could help Novak Djokovic cement his claim as “the best athlete of all time”.

When President-elect Donald Trump talked about acquiring Greenland for the United States he was following a long tradition of US presidents musing about this issue.

Details are starting to emerge of the victims of the Los Angeles fires - and at least two died trying to protect the homes where they raised families for decades.

The family of a missing British hiker in northern Italy have said they are "devastated by the tragic events of the last few days".

Pope Francis has been honoured with America's highest civilian award by President Joe Biden, who has described the pontiff as "a light of faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world".

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy has met Israel's prime minister in an effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza before the president-elect takes office on 20 January.

And so now it is certain. Alice Weidel will lead her far-right party into Germany's general election next month.

The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests - as long as they remain celibate.

Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia's Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

The UK has laid out a new economic relationship with China, and to use one of China's favourite phrases, both countries are selling it as a "win-win" situation.

The Sudanese army has recaptured the city of Wad Madani from rebels.

A Syrian man has been crushed to death trying to cross the Channel from France in a small boat, the AFP news agency has reported.

The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of a South Korean passenger jet that crashed, killing 179 people, stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, officials have said.

They are the displaced and there are tens of thousands of them, 600 in an evacuation centre we visited.

The fires that have been raging in Los Angeles County this week may be the "most destructive" in modern US history.

The US has announced it has increased its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.