Dozens of people have died after a fire broke out at a church in Egypt, many of them crushed during a desperate scramble to escape.

Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army, a move that could extend the military’s control over policing in a country with high levels of violence.

Bangladesh, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, has raised fuel prices by more than 50% in just a week.

Ukraine’s president has warned that any Russian soldiers who shoot at the besieged Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant will be targeted by security services.

Leaders of the largest Protestant denomination in the US say the authorities have started an inquiry into sexual abuse by its clergy.

One man died and at least 40 others were injured when high winds caused parts of a stage to collapse at a festival in Spain early on Saturday.

Taliban fighters have dispersed dozens of female protesters in Kabul, almost a year after the militant group seized power.

The man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie at an event in the United States on Friday has been charged with attempted murder.

At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting following a family dispute in the city of Cetinje in Montenegro.

The FBI took 11 sets of classified files in a search of ex-US President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida this week, according to a search warrant.

An Italian man has been rescued from a collapsed tunnel near the Vatican – and police suspect he could have been burrowing his way into a bank.

Blasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have “significantly degraded” its navy’s Black Sea fleet, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.