Afghans who were employed to spread British values and teach English in Helmand province have told the BBC they are still in hiding from the Taliban...
The number of people on a hospital waiting list in England has hit six million for the first time, NHS data shows. Around one in 20...
RAF pilot Matthew Stannard will be in the cockpit of a jumbo jet on Thursday when it launches a rocket to space from out over the...
A Moroccan university professor accused of giving students good grades in return for sexual favours has been sentenced to two years in prison. This is the...
Australia has equalled its hottest day on record after a remote coastal town reported temperatures of 50.7C (123.26F). The temperature in Onslow, Western Australia, on Thursday...
Ronnie Spector, the trail-blazing lead singer of the 1960s all-girl group the Ronettes, has died. The pop star found fame with hits such as Be My...
Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter – seven months after clamping down on the social networking site. Nigeria’s government suspended Twitter last June after the company...
Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell has denounced US President Joe Biden’s voting rights speech as “incoherent” and “profoundly unpresidential”. “I have known, liked, and personally respected...
A court in Germany has sentenced to life a Syrian colonel for crimes against humanity at a notorious prison in Damascus. Anwar Raslan was linked to...
France will relax its restrictions for those travelling from the UK from Friday, the government has announced. Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a compelling reason...