Paul MellyWest Africa analystAFPFaure Gnassingbé is cultivating a range of sometimes opposing alliancesWhile some West African nations are choosing to cement old ties with France and others cultivate a...

Grace Tsoi,BBC World ServiceandBBC News Chinese,Hong KongBBCJimmy Lai, 78, faces life in prison for national security offencesOn a winter morning in 2022 Raphael Wong and Figo Chan walked into...

Watch: Putin tells BBC Western leaders deceived RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine, if Russia is treated with respect - and...

Ángel BermúdezBBC News MundoReutersThe US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on 10 DecemberIn a further escalation of tension between the United States and Venezuela, President...

Jon DonnisonIsraeli occupied West BankBBCSami al-Saei alleges that he was sexually abused by prison guards while being detained without chargeThis article contains descriptions of sexual abuse and violence which...

Comedian Bowen Yang is leaving the cast of Saturday Night Live, and will no longer be part of the long-running sketch programme after the latest episode airs.In a post...

ReutersHundreds of thousands of guns were handed in across Australia during the last major government buyback schemeIt was a Sunday afternoon in April 1996 when a lone gunman armed...

Jake KwonSeoul correspondentBBC/Hosu LeeMany among South Korea's anti-government youth protesters are taking cues from the American right's Maga movementThe line for a selfie with South Korea's disgraced former President...

To get this far, Morocco has invested heavily, especially in football infrastructure, including two of Africa's most advanced facilities - both of which bear King Mohammed's name.Together, the Mohammed...

EPA/ShutterstockAt least three people have been killed and nine others injured as a knife-wielding attacker ‍went ‍on a ​rampage in the Taiwanese capital Taipei.The 27-year-old suspect set off smoke...

US Immigration and Customs EnforcementA photo released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement showing Kemal Mrndzic (right) on 2 November 1992The US justice department has launched a civil legal...

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News OnlineReutersUS President Donald Trump has been ramping up pressure on Venezuela's leader, President Nicolás Maduro.In a sharp escalation of Washington's campaign, on 16...