Lorries containing pesticides and sulphuric acid plunged into the Tocantins river in the north of the country.

It will plunge into our star's outer atmosphere to uncover its secrets

Conditions could mirror those of Australia's worst fire seasons on record, authorities say.

More than 30 million Catholic pilgrims are expected to head to Rome for the jubilee, which takes place once every 25 years.

Ismail Haniyeh was Hamas's most prominent leader until his death in July.

The BBC goes on patrol with the Kenyan officers sent to quell violence in gang-ravaged Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.

The 42nd president is at a Washington DC hospital, and is in "good spirits", according to a spokesman.

He was accused by his co-star Blake Lively of sexual harassment and lodging a campaign to wreck her reputation.