Shenzhen-based Tencent, which owns the popular messaging app WeChat, will hold about a quarter of a new subsidiary. China has failed to qualify for the last five World Cups - and once again, their ...

Hamas reportedly agrees to proposals sent by mediators, while Israel offers its counter-proposal. The strike, which Israel said hit a Hezbollah site, occurred hours after two rockets were fired ...

India feeds over a billion people, yet low yields and poor infrastructure keep agriculture lagging. Curators are finding new ways to spotlight India's rich textile traditions in unique ways.

With UK school fees rising, Nigeria's elite can now choose to give their offspring a British education at home. The breakaway republic argues Berbera port and airbase are not Somalia's to give away.

First sailing offers 'a lot to look forward to' A tourism chief welcomes Jersey's new ferry operator after it completes its first sailing. Jersey Bulls go top after Tooting victory 'Every child ...

Relatives and friends of people who have disappeared in Antigua speak to the BBC about their anguish. Gertrudis Pineda tells the BBC she has no information about her son who was sent by the US to ...

An acute lack of equipment, patchy communications and wrecked roads are hampering the search for survivors. A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military ...

Another 21 people are injured, as a restaurant and several buildings are set ablaze in the city, local officials say. Many in the Danish territory feel bullied by the US, Andrew Harding finds on a ...

OIiver and Lili top 2024 baby names on Isle of Man Other most-popular names included Florence, Harper, Theo, Archie and Noah, new data revealed. Motor project helps those who 'slip through net ...

The strike, which Israel said hit a Hezbollah site, occurred hours after two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel. Several key leaders stayed away because of the ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be seeking to fight off a resurgent opposition and win a second term. A cocktail of global and domestic conditions have complicated the government's run for a ...