Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyAustralian MuseumBefore koalas became Australia's animal ambassadors, the country tried platypus diplomacyIn 1943, a camouflaged ship set off from Australia to England carrying top secret cargo...

Palestine Red Crescent SocietyThe Palestine Red Crescent Society shared pictures showing heavy damage to its headquartersThe Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has accused Israeli forces of attacking its headquarters...

Megha MohanGender and identity correspondent, BBC World ServiceGetty ImagesDuring a meeting at her office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, 24-year-old Faith suddenly became nervous - reluctant to be perceived...

Zoya MateenBBC News, DelhiHimesh Reshammiya/InstagramHimesh Reshammiya has given Bollywood some of its most popular songsAt the beginning of his first show in years, Indian musician Himesh Reshammiya - known...

A massive oil depot fire is raging near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, blamed by the Russian authorities on a Ukrainian drone attack. Sochi's nearby airport has suspended...

Rescuers in Chile are continuing to search for four miners trapped in a mine that collapsed after an earthquake two days ago, after the body of one was found.The...

The family of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of deliberately starving him as part of a "propaganda campaign".The family statement on...

President Donald Trump on Thursday reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools.First instated in the 1950s to gauge young people's health and athleticism, the assessment included sit-ups, push-ups,...

Filipina-Australian artist Loribelle Spirovski has won the People's Choice Award for the Archibald Prize - Australia's most prestigious portrait art prize.Her winning work is a portrait of Aboriginal Australian...

Thousands of hot dogs spilled onto a highway in the US state of Pennsylvania after a lorry scraped another car, briefly bringing traffic on the road to a standstill....

A former prime minister of Mali, which is now under military rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over comments on social media.After a prison...

Mohammad Sartaj AlamTetgama, BiharBBCThe five members of a family who were lynched by a mob in BiharWarning: This story contains details that some may find disturbing.Three weeks after five...