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Chess will be suspended until religious considerations are addressed, a spokesman said.

The US actress revealed that she had welcomed daughter Agnes and son Ocean and was "elated beyond words".

The suspects are accused of attempting to smuggle 160kg of live crabs out of Japan.

Worshippers packed St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV called for an end to global conflicts.

Neither Putin nor Zelensky want to be seen by Trump as the obstacle to peace, writes Frank Gardner.

The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.

France, Britain, Germany and Poland met President Vlodomyr Zelensky to discuss an unconditional ceasfire.

The singer's representatives say the court summons was designed to create "tabloid clickbait".

Economic pressures are forcing Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seek an off-ramp in the trade war.

Miller comments come as judges have sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration

The White House is "actively looking at" suspending the legal right to challenge detention.

UN agencies say they will not co-operate with the proposed system because it appears to "weaponise" aid.

BC Monitoring's Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko reflects on the Victory Day spectacle in Moscow.

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, is the first North American to be elected pontiff.

Cardinals joined the newly appointed pope in the Sistine Chapel, in a service that began with a prayer.

The Russian president welcomed 27 world leaders to the event in Red Square.

Experts say the tit-for-tat attacks mark a dangerous new phase in the decades-old rivalry. What next?

Ukraine's security service says the state-backed spy network sought to obtain information about air defences.

Human remains, believed to be that of a journalist and his partner, have been found by police.

Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew "with certainty" that 21 hostages were alive but the status of "three more" were unclear.