A British teenager admitted on Friday to throwing a six-year-old French boy from a 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in London with the intention of killing him.

At least 14 people have been killed in a militia attack in eastern Congo this week, a government official said on Friday.

Tens of thousands of Algerians took to the streets on Friday, making a show of strength of their last weekly protest before a presidential election next week that they have rejected as meaningless.

President Donald Trump faced a deadline on Friday set by US House of Representatives Democrats as they deliberate over what charges to bring against him

A gas explosion at an apartment block in the eastern Slovak town of Presov killed five people on Friday, rescuers said.

Several Australian bushfires have combined to form a "mega fire" that is burning out of control across a swathe of land north of Sydney,

Three people including a suspected shooter were killed and at least seven others were injured on Friday at Naval Air Station Pensacola, a major US Navy base in Florida

A nationwide strike brought much of France to a standstill yesterday as tens of thousands hit the streets to protest a pension overhaul by President Emmanuel Macron, which unions say will force millions of people to work longer or face curtailed benefits.

A man was burnt to death yesterday after a pastor mistook petrol for water during a healing service in Lagos. “The pastor picked a keg believing it contained water not knowing it was filled with petrol,” said Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency.

Members of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary group departed for London yesterday, party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb confirmed, saying that the delegation is going to meet ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and to consult party president Shehbaz Sharif

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that “precious” government properties will be sold for better utilisation of funds on public welfare projects.

Hong Kong authorities granted protesters permission to march this weekend, organisers said yesterday, giving the green light to a rally seen as a gauge of the pro-democracy movement’s support following its sweeping victory in local elections.