This third round of prisoner releases has been awash with images that feel loaded with symbolism and significance.

The daughter of ex-South African president Jacob Zuma has appeared in court after being charged over her alleged involvement in July 2021 riots, which left over 300 people dead.

With no survivors expected to be found, the focus is turning to how a military helicopter on a training exercise collided with an American Airlines passenger jet.

An Iraqi man who burned copies of the Koran in Sweden has been killed in a shooting, Swedish authorities say.

An American Airlines plane was found upside down and in three sections after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter over a major river in Washington DC.

Three Israeli and five Thai hostages have been freed under a phased ceasefire deal that has halted fighting in Gaza.

Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane and military helicopter collided in Washington DC.

A ban preventing UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, from operating in Occupied East Jerusalem and Israel has come into force today.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed it is closely monitoring an asteroid the size of a football pitch that could hit the Earth in a little over seven years.

Hamas is set to release three Israeli hostages as well as five Thai nationals on Thursday, according to officials from the group and Israel.

Shares in Microsoft have fallen sharply after investment spending came in higher than expected in its latest results, released just days after the DeepSeek market shock for tech stocks.

On the doorstep of Goma - the site of the UN's biggest peacekeeping mission in the world - there are signs of surrendered soldiers and fierce battles.

On the doorstep of Goma - the site of the UN's biggest peacekeeping mission in the world - there are signs of surrendered soldiers and fierce battles.

A judge trying to assess how much money conman Mark Acklom has made in his criminal career told the fraudster he did not "have it in" for him.

Australian police say they have foiled a planned antisemitic attack after discovering a caravan containing explosives alongside a list of Jewish targets.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Elon Musk's backing of right-wing parties in the European Union "really disgusting". 

A plane caught fire on a runway in South Korea, forcing passengers to use the escape slide to evacuate.

The parents of an eight-year-old Australian girl - and 12 other members of their hardline religious sect - have been found guilty of her manslaughter after withholding her diabetes medication.

Around 85% of Greenlanders do not want to become part of the US, a new poll has found, as Denmark's prime minister shored up support for its current status.

An investigation has been launched into Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after she repatriated a Libyan warlord wanted on an international arrest warrant, she said on Tuesday.