Megha MohanBBC World Service Gender and Identity correspondentThee Alfa HouseThe niece of a Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by a former British army soldier is to visit the UK to...

Anahita SachdevBBC News, DelhiSaffronartVS Gaitonde's Untitled fetched $40.2m at a recent record-breaking auction in DelhiA radiant golden canvas layered with subtle textures and faint shapes, exuding both energy and...

Bernd Debusmann Jrat the White HouseReutersAll smiles - Stubb and TrumpThere was no small talk required to break the ice between these two leaders who have become unlikely friends.Instead,...

Watch: Video from Veracruz state shows widespread devastationAt least 27 people have died and others are missing, according to authorities, after floods in Mexico triggered landslides and swept away...

Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondentBBCAlaa Abdel Fattah spoke via video link to the BBC's Today programme"I'm learning how to get back into life," says freed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah,...

First Lady Melania Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to her letter of concern about the child victims of the Russia-Ukraine war.She made the announcement on Friday, saying...

A family of ducks brought traffic on Perth's Kwinana Freeway to a standstill during Friday's morning rush hour. Main Roads, Western Australia's motorway transport agency, posted the footage on...

This Nobel Prize win for Maria Corina Machado is being hugely welcomed by the opposition in Venezuela.The hope is it will draw renewed international attention to their cause.Responding to...

Zimbabwean opposition lawmaker Desire Moyo has died after the vehicle he was travelling in hit an elephant, local media report.The accident happened in the early hours of Friday morning...

Afghanistan's Taliban government has accused Pakistan of violating Kabul's "sovereign territory", describing it as an "unprecedented, violent, and provocative act".The allegation comes after two loud blasts were heard in...

Police in Belgium have arrested three people suspected of plotting an attack on the country's prime minister, Bart de Wever.The alleged plot was described by prosecutors as a "jihadist-inspired...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that a boat recently bombed by the US was "Colombian with Colombian citizens inside", an allegation the White House called "baseless". The US...