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Migrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to the UK. The Sri Lankan Tamils...
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in...
Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told the BBC they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning – effectively closing...
Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, which Israel strongly denies. The UK-based human rights group said its conclusion...
Syrian rebels say they have taken control of the major city of Hama, after the military withdrew its troops amid fierce battles. The leader of the...
Calin Georgescu, the fringe nationalist politician leading the presidential race in Romania, has told the BBC that he would end all support for Ukraine if elected....
French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Thursday night, a day after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. The presidency...
Countries have failed to reach a landmark agreement on tackling plastic pollution after more than two years of negotiations. More than 200 nations met in South...
In 1969, a bold plan to restore Vermont’s wild turkeys began with a handful of net-trapped birds from New York. Now the birds gobble around the...
From erecting seawalls to selling citizenship, vulnerable small islands are taking sometimes drastic measures to protect themselves from rising seas, storms and economic devastation. For decades...