Niger has been fighting a militant Islamist insurgency for a decade and in January suspected jihadists attacked the same ...

A shop worker has told how being a victim of abuse by a customer left her "terrified" and "scared to go to work". Finnola ...

The gunmen concealed their weapons behind flowers and stuffed toys while waiting for the victim outside Guayaquil airport.

Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the ...

BBC health journalists answer key questions as research suggests the HPV vaccine has prevented 200 deaths from cervical cancer in England.

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

Japan must "strengthen its defence capabilities", Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told the BBC, emphasising the need to ...

England score four goals and top their group after beating Croatia 4-2 - highlights Harry Kane scores twice to put himself in ...

Ebola treatment centres have come under attack several times during the ongoing outbreak Authorities in eastern Democratic ...

Tony Hadley, the lead singer of Spandau Ballet, has told BBC Radio Sussex he remembers actor Peter Capaldi once supporting ...

England produced some exciting attacking football while beating Croatia 4-2 but why did they look so shaky defensively?

Uganda's military chief had boasted of "the hurt and pain" he would inflict on Erias Lukwago, who was arrested earlier this ...