Ana Soto, the mother of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Elías Díaz, was held for three days near Maracaibo.

The Angel of the North's iconic status is taken for granted - yet it was so nearly never made.

French singer Johnny Halliday left his estate to his fourth wife, excluding his biological children.

An Indian man who fired shots to celebrate his daughter's upcoming wedding has been arrested, police say.

Khalid Mehsud was reportedly killed in a drone strike last week, in a move seen to weaken the Taliban.

The French Rugby Union said some team members "have been spoken to by the Scottish authorities".

The whistleblower who made allegations of Russian state-sponsored doping says his "life is in jeopardy".

The television match official should have been given frame-by-frame footage of Gareth Anscombe's disallowed try, says ex-Lions centre Jeremy Guscott.

Data centres mining the crypto-currency will use more electricity than homes this year, an energy firm says.

The self-cloning species, which can be bought in North America, is banned in Europe and two US states.

A Nigerian sales clerk has been suspended after she claimed a snake ate 36m naira.

Unilever says it will not invest in platforms that do not police extremist and criminal content.

Aid workers from London take a 5,000-mile trip to help Muslims who have fled Myanmar.

The UK charity's deputy CEO quits over how it handled sex claims, and a statutory inquiry is opened.

The lions in the Kruger National Park in South Africa left the head and only a few remains.

Mr Obama said his portrait was "pretty sharp", while Mrs Obama said "Wow!" at her painting.

Moscow residents frustrated by uncleared snow get the job done by using a top Kremlin critic's name.

Watch the best moments from day three of Pyeongchang 2018, including snowboarding crashes, David Brent-esque skating routines and a shopping channel style sales pitch.

The daughters of a Russian air crash victim are heartbroken and worried about the future.

Kiev says Mikheil Saakashvili was in Ukraine illegally, but his lawyer says it is a kidnapping.

Gangster Jacques Cassandri goes on the trial for the "heist of the century", after writing about it.