A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an...

Nikhil InamdarBBC News, LondonArchana ShuklaBBC News, AhmedabadGetty ImagesRelatives and neighbours of 14-year-old Akash Patni, one of the crash victims, mourn as they wait for his body Days after the...

Joel GunterReporting from KyivBBCOleksandr Bondarchuk was unable to make it to a shelter when the strikes hit Kyiv. "It was terrible," he said. "Everything was destroyed."Evhen Povarenkov was standing...

Will GrantMexico and Central America correspondentVanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsReutersSilvia Delgado was part of the legal defence team representing Joaquín "El Chapo" GuzmánA former defence lawyer for the jailed drug lord...

GettySmoke rises from an Israeli attack on Shahran oil depot in Tehran on June 15 Iran and Israel continued to attack each other on Wednesday night, as US President...

Kwasi Gyamfi AsieduBBC NewsWatch: After verdict is announced, Karen Read speaks to crowdKaren Read, a US woman charged with running over her police officer boyfriend and leaving him for...

Rules that effectively banned all sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood and plasma are being lifted in Australia. The rules, originally introduced to decrease the risk...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the island of Flores spewed an ash tower more than 11km (6.8mi) into the sky on Tuesday, the country's volcanology agency said. There have not...

Wycliffe Muia, Barbara Plett Usher & Brian WaihenyaBBC News, NairobiAlbert Ojwang / FacebookAlbert Ojwang, who was married with a young son, had graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree...

ReutersThe Air India Boeing 787, that crashed in Ahmedabad last week, seen here over Melbourne in December Less than 40 seconds.That's how long Air India Flight 171 was airborne...

Belgian prosecutors say they are seeking to put on trial a 92-year-old former diplomat over his alleged role in the 1961 killing of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba.Etienne Davignon...

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsEPAColombians have taken part in marches in support of Uribe after he was shotDoctors treating Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay have warned that he is in...