El Salvador has struck a $1.4bn (£1.1bn) loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after agreeing to scale back its controversial bitcoin policies. The global lender said risks...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed -...

Three survivors of the downed Azerbaijani plane have described the moments on the flight before the crash. Flight attendant Zulfuqar Asadov said his arm was injured during the incident....

By Ged Scott, BBC Midlands SportNarcis Pelach made a belated appearance in the Stoke City pressroom late on Boxing Day night – although one of impressive bonhomie.After being kept...

BBCThis has been a miserable year for Boeing. Not only has it struggled to cope with a safety and quality control crisis, it has lost billions of dollars following...

Getty ImagesLuigi Mangione, who faces a first-degree murder charge, was the subject of a false headline attributed to BBC News last weekA major journalism body has urged Apple to...

family handoutPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to his brother Nick, who died of cancer on Boxing Day at the age of 60."My brother Nick was a...

One of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals has been forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military, medics say, after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes targeting the...

Iga Swiatek was "scared" of a hostile reaction to her doping ban and says she does not expect an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after serving a...