Divorce remains illegal in the Philippines, which has a large Catholic population. The Philippines' lower house of Congress has passed a divorce bill on the third reading, moving the country closer to legalisation. The bill passed despite opposition from President Rodrigo Duterte, who had his own marriage legally annulled. However, for divorce to become legal the Senate also has to pass a bill in

Indonesian orangutan smokes a cigarette thrown by zoo visitor Activists are criticising a zoo in Indonesia after a video emerged of a zoo animal smoking a cigarette thrown by a visitor.

President Trump met pupils and parents affected by several US school shootings. US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida.

A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of the children. The son of a wealthy entrepreneur, he caused controversy in 2014 when he was revealed to have fathered at least 16 babies via surrogates in Thailand.

Nikky Okyere, who came to the UK from Ghana, has become the go-to barber for English Premier League players from Africa. So what's his secret? We join him on home visits to his clients to find out. And in part two, we're inside Nikky's barber shop in South London, which he's turned into a platform for local talent.

英科学誌「ネイチャー」に掲載された研究論文によると、アスパラギンと呼ばれる栄養素が不足すると、乳がん細胞の成長が妨げられることが動物実験で分かったという。

Police in Portugal and Spain have seized cocaine hidden inside fresh pineapples.

Footage of a dramatic rescue has been released by the DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department in Decatur, Georgia. A fire broke out in an apartment building on 3 January but the video has only just been released.

A California couple have been arrested after police found their 13 children allegedly held captive at home, some "shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks".

When Japanese actress and former porn star Sora Aoi announced her marriage online, it set off a frenzy on Chinese social media. That's because she has played a surprisingly significant role in the lives of a generation of young Chinese internet users. On New Year's day, Ms Aoi posted a picture of her engagement ring on social media and announced the happy news to her fans around the world. Within

"Terrorists won't win," Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour on Monday.

Pro-independence parties have won a slim majority in the Catalan parliament. The regional election backfired on the Spanish government, but for now Madrid remains firmly in control, under emergency powers invoked in October. What if Catalonia were to secede eventually - would it be able to stand on its own two feet? To the casual observer, Catalonia looks like it has already got many of the trappi

In the suburbs of Beijing, farmers have been growing peaches for nearly 60 years. The job is extremely labour-intensive, but two students say their artificial intelligence machine can help.

Police are working to establish the motive behind a mass shooting which left 59 people dead and another 527 injured at a Las Vegas concert. Gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival on Sunday evening.

Catalans sing their anthem 'Els Segadors', or 'The Reapers' Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the Spanish region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum that was marred by violence. He said the door was open to a unilateral declaration of independence after Catalan officials said voters had backed secession with a 42.3% turnout.

A group of 12 jihadists has been blamed for a series of attacks in and around the Spanish city of Barcelona, killing 16 people. A van mowed down tourists and residents on Barcelona's famous Las Ramblas boulevard on 17 August. Then a car was driven into pedestrians in the popular seaside resort of Cambrils. For days, suspected Ramblas attacker Younes Abouyaaqoub was on the run before police shot hi

Protests against the leftist government of President Nicolás Maduro have been taking place in Caracas almost every day for months.