Pakistan’s defence minister has told the BBC that India's threat to halt the flow of water from Indian-administered Kashmir would be "an act of war". Speaking to Azadeh Moshiri in Islamabad, Khawaja Muhammad Asif said: "It will be a declaration of war,...

We’re slowly getting used to Artificial Intelligence doing uncannily human things - chatting with us, creating pictures and videos. But so far, all of this AI has used a lot of computing power.

Property giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. It will allow the heavily-indebted company to protect its assets in the US as it works on a multi-billion dollar deal with creditors. Ev...

Brazilians will vote on Sunday to elect their next president, in a competition between left-wing former President Lula da Silva and right-wing incumbent Jair...

The Prince of Wales says he understands why campaigners from organisations like Extinction Rebellion take to the streets to demand action on climate change. But, Prince Charles said actions like blocking roads "isn't helpful". Speaking in the gardens of h...

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales,...

Liz Truss has been chosen as the next Conservative leader and will become the UK’s next prime minister following the resignation of Boris Johnson. She will be the country’s third woman prime minister and was selected in a vote among Tory Party members, wh...

Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has narrowly avoided assassination after a gunman's weapon jammed as he aimed at her. Footage shows the moment de Kirchner - surrounded by a mob of supporters - found herself face-to-face with the...

There are the links between the biggest global series of the year - the cost of living crisis, climate change, China, Covid and the war in Ukraine. The BBC’s analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the connections.

Swiss glaciers, which attract skiers and climbers and are essential to Europe’s water supply, have been disappearing at record speed. A new study shows that Switzerland’s glaciers have lost more than half their volume in less than 100 years. This year’s h...

Millions of people have been affected by floods in Pakistan, hundreds have been killed, and the government has declared a national emergency.On Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said 33 million people had been hit by the floods - around 15% of the pop...

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has revealed unprecedented views of Jupiter.The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took the pictures of ...

2 It's a year to the day since the Taliban entered Kabul unchallenged and took control of Afghanistan, transforming the lives of millions of people.Taliban fighters have been parading in the streets as a national holiday has been declared to mark the ann...

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she has taken a drug test, after new footage emerged showing the leader dancing with a Finnish popstar.Marin, 36, came under fire this week after a leaked video showed her partying, with some politicians sayin...

One year after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, most girls secondary schools remain closed, poverty and malnutrition levels are rising. But the end of the Taliban insurgency also means the war-ravaged country is now more peaceful than it has been...