A United Nations official said negotiators have a “clear path to landing an ambitious deal” on plastic pollution. But environmentalists say the plastic industry is undermining an effective agreement.

Israel has been public with it’s plan to conduct an assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, absent a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Such a military operation could be catastrophic for more than a million Palestinian civilians there, many having fled there from fighting elsewhere in Gaza. We hear the voices of people who are weighing the risks of staying and wondering where they can go....

A gang of scammers stole almost a million euros pretending to be relatives in distress, police say.

They were killed when a suspect with an automatic AR-15 “fired several rounds in a matter of seconds”.

Babak Zanjani was convicted in 2016 of pocketing billions from Iran’s oil ministry.

Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

The US says the floating pier and causeway will cost $320m and should be operational by early May.

Every year, the town of San Antero celebrates the hardworking pack animals that haul crops and supplies for farmers who can’t afford trucks or motorcycles. There’s even a donkey beauty pageant.

Nicaragua accused Germany of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel.

Prince William and Princess Kate celebrate their 13th anniversary with a captivating, never-before-seen wedding photo.

Abu Huzeifa had a $5m bounty on his head and was accused of being behind a 2017 attack on US troops.

Student demonstrators at Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges, began to be suspended on Monday after defying an ultimatum to disperse.

Cubans who protested over power cuts in August 2022 have been sentenced to up to 15 years in jail.

As college administrators face growing unrest on campuses, a growing number are grappling with whether to bring in law enforcement to quell the demonstrations.

As protests against the U.S. policy in Gaza unfold on college campuses across the country, the State Department is facing its own protests too.

The United Nations’ top court will on Tuesday rule on charges by Nicaragua that Germany is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying arms to Israel for the Gaza war.

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court Tuesday, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

US President Joe Biden on Monday urged the leaders of Egypt and Qatar to “exert all efforts” towards securing the release of hostages held by Hamas as part of negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire, the White House said.

Prajwal Revanna, an MP from the southern state of Karnataka, is accused of sexually assaulting several women.

French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film, prosecutors announced Monday.

The BBC’s Jonathan Head witnessed the confrontation in the disputed South China Sea.