The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of

A bus with at least 40 people on board plunged off a Nepalese highway and into a river on Friday, police said, with most passengers rescued but the search still on for more survivors. The bus was travelling from the tourist city of Pokhara to the capital Kathmandu when the accident

Israeli forces pressed deeper into areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas fighters, while Palestinian health officials said on Thursday that Israeli strikes had killed at least 27 people across the enclave. The new escalation comes hours after US President

Israel has killed at least 50 more Palestinians and wounded more than 120 in Gaza as its military has ordered new evacuations in central and southern parts of the enclave. Gaza’s Civil Defence agency on Wednesday said at least four people were killed and 18 wounded in the latest

Robert F Kennedy Jr is planning to drop his bid to become the next president of the United States and endorse Republican Party nominee Donald Trump, US media has reported. Kennedy, the third child of liberal icon Robert F Kennedy, is considering announcing the end of his campaign

India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where an explosion the previous day killed 17 people and injured nearly 40, a senior state official said. The state’s worst such incident in recent years,

Television icon Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention in her hometown of Chicago, where she urged Democrats and independent voters to "choose common sense over nonsense". “Let us choose truth, let us choose honour, let us choose

Sitting at an altitude of around 3,800m (12,467ft) is Thame, a small Sherpa village in Nepal's Everest region. It is home to many record-holding Sherpa mountaineers, including Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to climb Mount Everest along with explorer Edmund Hillary. But

A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in Iran, killing at least 28 passengers, Iranian state media reports. The crash happened on Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd and was due to a defective braking system, Reuters reported, citing a preliminary police

Former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have given impassioned endorsements of Kamala Harris on the second night of the Democratic National Convention. They urged voters to back a "new chapter' with her in back-to-back speeches that electrified the audience in a

Saving lives was the childhood dream for 28-year-old Indian doctor Radhika, but after the brutal rape and murder of a colleague her own safety has increasingly become a top concern. Earlier this month, at the government-run hospital where Radhika works in the eastern city of Kolkata,

The Supreme Court, hearing the Kolkata rape-murder incident today, said the nation cannot wait for another rape for changes on the ground. The DY Chandrachud-led bench also expressed strong dissatisfaction with the West Bengal government and the authorities at the hospital over the delay

Iran was behind the recent hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, US intelligence officials have confirmed. The FBI and other federal agencies said in a joint statement that Iran had chosen to interfere in the US election "to stoke discord and undermine confidence in

Former President Donald Trump has posted a fake social media image of pop superstar Taylor Swift asking people to vote for him in the November election. A Sunday entry by the Republican candidate on Truth Social showed Swift dressed in red, white and blue with a caption that said

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the new chancellor Oxford University from his prison cell. Mr Khan was ousted from power in a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April 2022. In January, he was sentenced to 14 years in jail in Pakistan for corruption,

Thailand’s king has endorsed Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister two days after parliament elected her. Paetongtarn, 37, was sworn in on Sunday, becoming the youngest prime minister of Thailand. She nabbed the spot just days after Srettha Thavisin

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said now is "probably the best, maybe the last opportunity" to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza. Mr Blinken made his comments during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday during his ninth trip to

Ukraine says it has destroyed a second strategic bridge in a week as it continues its incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The Ukrainian military on Sunday released aerial footage of the strike on the bridge - reported to be over the Seym River in Zvannoe. Hours later,

The Thai king on Sunday formally appointed Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of controversial billionaire ex-premier Thaksin, as Thailand's new prime minister. Paetongtarn, the kingdom's youngest ever PM, comes to office after a court sacked the previous premier

Opposition supporters have gathered across Venezuela to protest against Nicolas Maduro's disputed victory in last month's presidential election. Opposition leader María Corina Machado joined thousands of protesters in the capital, Caracas, and urged them not to be