Category: 4. World

Firefighters have extinguished a massive blaze that was burning in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba.

The “rapid and magnificent intervention” of firefighters “averted a catastrophe,” Cordoba Mayor Jose…

WASHINGTON — The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands Friday at a White House peace summit before signing an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict.

President Donald Trump was in the middle as Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev…

She holds no known official title in North Korea. The outside world has never heard her voice. The North’s state media has not even named her, referring to her only as the “most beloved,” “respected” or “dear” daughter of…

The enthralling 2-2 draw for the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy between England and India provided a dramatic start to the new World Test Championship cycle.

It was an epic contest, each of the five Tests going into the final day, four in fact into the…

Israel’s plan to “take control” of Gaza City as approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet touched off a wave of criticism Friday from both inside and outside the country.

Nations around the world condemned the…

The ban, originally proposed by far-right Vox party, affects Muslims celebrating religious holidays in sports centres in Jumilla.

A ban imposed by a southeastern Spanish town on religious gatherings in public sports centres, which will mainly…

In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

BBC climate and science reporter Esme Stallard explains why 80 years on, the radiation from the explosions is undetectable.

World War Two in…