Two 14-year-old boys have appeared in court after a serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in County Antrim.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it happened in ...

The UK's only judge to ever publicly say they are transgender has told the BBC she is concerned the Supreme Court's ruling on biological sex puts lives at risk ...

An Australian woman on trial for murder says she threw up the toxic mushroom meal which killed her relatives, after binge eating dessert.Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to ...

Sarah SmithNorth America editorGetty ImagesSince returning to power, US President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs – or the threat of them - as his economic weapon of choice. He ...

Ben ChuPolicy and analysis correspondent, BBC VerifyGetty ImagesThe US Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers ...

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsReutersSaúl Luciano Lliuya says water in Lake Palcacocha has increased, putting his hometown at riskA court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer ...

Lucy HookerBusiness reporterPhoto by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockCompensation for sub-postmasters is not being decided by a "kangaroo court", the body overseeing the payouts has said, pushing back against allegations made by ...

A 45-year-old man has been charged following an incident involving a gun in Bangor last weekend.Shots were fired by specialist police teams after reports of a man with a ...

Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaWatch the video shown to the jurors aboveA second man accused of felling the world famous Sycamore Gap has told jurors he has ...

Nicola Sturgeon has spoken for the first time about a landmark legal rulingThe lives of transgender people are at risk of being made "almost unliveable" following the Supreme Court's ...

Jim ReedBBC NewsReporting fromSupreme Court, LondonPamela TickellBBC News, North East and CumbriaPA MediaOther families who are involved in similar high-profile legal battles were also at courtDoctors in two end-of-life ...

An Afghan man accused of threatening to kill Nigel Farage while he travelled to the UK has appeared in court.Fayaz Khan, 25, is alleged to have posted a video ...