Dutch election promises new era and shake-up in politics
A new party leads the polls, while the leader of another could become the first female PM.
2023-11-16 08:17
Marina Ovsyannikova: Anti-war Russian journalist sentenced in absentia
Maria Ovsyannikova, who protested live on air against the invasion of Ukraine, gets more than 8 years in jail.
2023-10-04 17:49
Japan: One in 10 people aged 80 or older for first time
The world's oldest country has long struggled with how to provide for its ageing and declining population.
2023-09-19 12:51
Colombia cocaine: Cultivation reaches record high
A UN report finds the area planted with coca bushes is the biggest ever registered.
2023-09-12 19:17
Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel
Libya's foreign minister is suspended because of talks with Israel, which Tripoli does not recognise.
2023-08-28 13:23
Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China
How rule changes and financial independence is helping unmarried women to keep their babies.
2023-07-30 06:48
RTÉ boss Dee Forbes suspended amid Ryan Tubridy payment row
It comes after RTÉ admits presenter Ryan Tubridy was paid €345,000 more than was publicly declared.
2023-06-23 21:26
Ukraine war: BBC on the front line as Ukraine attacks Russian trenches
Quentin Sommerville joins troops pushing eastward from a recaptured village in Donetsk.
2023-06-19 13:17
Ukraine war: ICC 'undeterred' by arrest warrant for chief prosecutor
Russia placed ICC boss Karim Khan on a wanted list, after he issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.
2023-05-21 06:58
Ukraine war: WFP chief Cindy McCain says grain deal with Russia needed to feed world
Cindy McCain tells the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme the deal must be renewed by 18 May.
2023-05-12 08:51
TikTok defends app following Welsh and UK government ban
The UK and Welsh government have banned the app from staff phones over security concerns.
2023-05-11 00:50