Pumza FihlaniBBC News, JohannesburgPumza Fihlani / BBCMark Moodley (L) says that the lack of a consistent power supply endangered his mother's lifeSouth African Mark Moodley believes that installing a...

Dozens of provincial officials and hospital staff attempted to cover up a lead poisoning case that made hundreds of children sick in north-west China and sparked widespread outrage, an...

England manager Sarina Wiegman says her players decided to stop taking the knee before matches because the impact of the anti-racism gesture is "not good enough".The Lionesses will not...

Police in Ecuador say nine people shot dead by gunmen in a pool hall on Saturday were "collateral victims" and not the intended targets of a premeditated attack.Preliminary investigations...

Bedouin fighters positioned outside the southern Syrian city of Suweida have told the BBC they will observe a ceasefire with the Druze community there, but have not ruled out...

One of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers and a key witness in his associate Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial is calling for the government to release information related to him, especially...

Everybody who believes the series is best served by the Wallabies delivering a bloody nose to the Lions and taking it to a third game will have a quiet...

Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is due in court on accusations of "facilitation of terrorist acts" during last month's deadly anti-government protests in which at least 19 people died.On...

Basillioh RukangaBBC News, NairobiAFP/Getty ImagesMrenda, being prepared here by a chef in Nairobi, has many more micronutrients than cabbageOnce dismissed as wild weeds and a "poor man's food", indigenous...

Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country's upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he has no plans to quit.Voters went to the polls...

Kathryn ArmstrongBBC NewsEPA/ShutterstockAirports in the Moscow region have been disrupted several times in recent months due to Ukrainian air attacks (recent image)A sustained Ukrainian drone attack on Russia caused...

The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug and arms trafficking.Known as "Fito", he was recaptured in...