Danai Nesta Kupemba / BBCAt London's famous Hyde Park at around 11:00 on a crisp Saturday morning, runners gather at some benches - some tall and lean, others broad...

Flickr/East-West CenterGulab Watumull's (left) father Jhamandas began the family business with one store in Honolulu in 1915In 1915, 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur Jhamandas Watumull arrived in Hawaii's Honolulu island to...

ReutersUkrainian officials said Moscow had launched a fresh attack on KyivRussia says five people have been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region.Ukrainian officials reported earlier...

Daniel Arce-Lopez/BBCRio gangsters mix religion and crime as they take over territory When police in Rio de Janeiro seize blocks of cocaine and bundles of marijuana they may well...

Siin experienceSyria has a thriving electronic music scene and many now wonder what comes next In the midst of the scramble for a new Syria, the country's musicians are...

Getty ImagesDemocratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gives a thumbs up walking out of the Senate ChamberThe US Senate has voted to pass a budget deal to avert what...

Getty ImagesThe 72-year-old has become a global feminist iconWhen Gisele Pelicot walked into a French courthouse to hear the dozens of men who raped her answer for their crimes,...

The Malaysian government says it has agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger jet that vanished 10 years ago in one of aviation's greatest mysteries.Malaysia Airlines...

The speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives has denied being involved in a huge fire at the West African nation's legislature.Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa was among those questioned by...

Ammar Bajwa/ Naveed AsgharMuhammad Sufyan (left) and Mohammad Abid (right) were among the victims after migrant boats capsized off GreeceJaved Iqbal, a Pakistani carpenter working in Saudi Arabia, tells...

EPAMarcin Romanowski had failed to attend a court hearing before it emerged he had sought asylum in HungaryPoland has accused Hungary of acting in a hostile manner by granting...

Ronald Diaz/ Conservation InternationalAn amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru.They were found in an expedition to...