Sometimes the orders are made during wartime or to avert a domestic crisis. In February 1942, President Franklin D Roosevelt signed an executive order that led to the creation...

Collins said the 290,000 Australian dollars (£147,500) that she will receive for reaching the third round at Melbourne Park would be used on a "five-star trip"."Me and my group...

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Mudathir Ibrahim SuleimanDr Mustafa Ali Abdulrahman Ibo and his colleagues bravely perform surgery under increasing bombardment in the last remaining hospital in el-Fasher, a city that has been under...

Urmilla DeshpandeIrawati Karve's writings about Indian culture and civilisation are ground-breakingIrawati Karve led a life that stood apart from those around her.Born in British-ruled India, and at a time...

Croatia's deputy prime minister has resigned after footage surfaced of him shooting at random from a moving car.In the video, Josip Dabro can be seen in the passenger seat...

The death toll from attacks by a rebel group in Colombia's Catatumbo region has risen to 60, the country's human rights office has said.Rival factions have been vying for...

The future is "uncertain and unclear" in Gaza after a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began, BBC Middle East Correspondent Rushdi Abualouf has said. "People don't know if...

TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. BBC News Tech Correspondent Lily Jamali explains what...

Gauff claimed a more straightforward victory, moving past 30th seed Leylah Fernandez with a 6-4 6-2 win in 76 minutes.The world number three, who reached the semi-finals in Melbourne...

Eyewitnesses have described the moment a ski lift failed in the Spanish Pyrenees, leaving at least 17 people seriously injured. One boy said people were "flying and pirouetting", when...

BBCVolunteers Mzwandile Mkwayi (R) and Mandla Charles (L) were greeted as heroes after descending the mineshaftThis story contains details, including a video, that some people may find distressing.As Mzwandile...