Each side claims to have fended off an incursion in the disputed waters near Taiwan. The sudden cancellation of Japanese events in Shanghai have sparked criticism and fanned nationalist sentiment.

The World Cup draw marked the first time that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has met Trump, and the trio briefly discussed trade. Equipment on the tarmac at Brazil’s São Paulo airport caught fire ...

For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday. The ...

The BBC spoke to under-16s who will be banned from social media from December 10 to get their thoughts on the world-first policy. More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when powerful rains lashed the ...

Repair scheme an 'antidote to throwaway culture' A restoration and repair scheme at an eastern tip will upcycle items destined for the scrap heap. Digital artwork offers 'modern spin' on folklore ...

'Stereotypes do not define young people' Ben Small is named one of the Lions Club of Jersey's Senior Young Ambassadors. Nowacki breaks European junior record again Views sought on hospital dementia ...

The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US. The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA ...

BBC editors explain what lies behind the high-optics visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Delhi. The US president had hit India with a further 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil, ...

The law comes into effect this week but critics worry it can't be enforced - and shouldn't be either. Multiple homes were left damaged after a wildfire swept through a coastal area north of Sydney.

Work related stress in teaching 'a real problem' Education President Paul Montague says there needs to be more support for teachers. Museum to auction exhibition portraits for charity Weekly quiz: ...

Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people. Gunmen stormed a hostel near Pretoria and opened fire, killing 11 people including a three-year-old.

'I had to be my baby's voice to cure her colic' Beanie Smith said it took months to get to the cause of what her baby, Mabel, was experiencing. Census and income reports among those delayed Work ...