People living in the hometown of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have heard stories of his benevolence: gifts of medicine for the poor, deliveries of drinking water to storm-stricken towns. But finding anyone who's actually received or even seen such a gift is another matter.

The man who would take over if Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is impeached, Vice President Michel Temer, could now be running the risk of impeachment himself.

More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heatwave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work, government officials said.

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Kyiv's surprise drone attack last weekend resulted in billions of dollars damage to Russia's military aircraft.

Australian aid worker Jess Lees is already a veteran of some of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies.

'If you are planning to visit Cebu or Bohol you should exercise heightened vigilance and review your personal security plans.'

The warning came as the Russian foreign ministry said relations with the US were the "most difficult period since the Cold War."

Reporter pays a heavy price for her online plea for Finns to help her identify trolls, their activities and influence.

Football's international players' union wants FIFA to investigate why the Western Sydney Wanderers-Cruz Azul CWC match went ahead.

A Boko Haram video shows gunmen shooting civilians lying face down, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are "infidels" or non-believers.

Western officials say Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers.

Jarryd Hayne has made an inauspicious start dropping the ball on his first touch for the 49ers in regular season play against the Vikings.

In his blog Alek Sigley said his father was an "Anglo-Aussie sinologist" and his mother was Chinese - she spent a "tumultuous youth during the Cultural Revolution", he wrote.

With global warming opening northern routes, it is believed “Wally” became lost and swam into the Atlantic via the Arctic.

Eddie Jones is the first foreign coach to take charge of the England national rugby team.

In the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the first detonation of the most destructive technology ever developed, the original test site becomes clogged with tourists taking selfies with warning signs and hawking pieces of fused-together sand for $20 a pop.

Husband, mother and her teenage son had performed together in musical trio.

Likely rejection of bombing campaign by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defies public opinion, with polls showing 59 per cent support.

The plunge in value of Russia's rouble has raised fears the nuclear superpower could fall into an economic recession, sparking unrest.

The technique could in future be used to control the spread of malaria, which affected 216 million people in 2016.

A report by European election observers suggests that more than 2 million votes - about a quarter of those cast - in the Afghan presidential runoff came from polling stations with voting irregularities.

Fighters from Somalia's al-Shabab group rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday and then stormed inside the building.

A satellite to measure the heights of the oceans was launched successfully on Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Oliver Beaumont could not vocalise his suffering during the attack so he sustained a prolonged ordeal which was only noticed by the dogs barking, his aunt said.